Rogue Trader (book)

Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World is a book by Nick Leeson, who served four years in prison for fraud after bankrupting the London-based Barings Bank in 1995 by hiding $1.4 billion in debt he accumulated as a derivatives trader in Singapore.

The book was released on February 19, 1996 by Little, Brown & Company.

Following an interview with Nick Leeson in prison, Sir David Frost realised the potential for a movie and optioned the rights to Leeson's story.

Written and directed by James Dearden, the film stars Ewan McGregor (Nick Leeson) and Anna Friel (Lisa Leeson) and was executive produced by Frost.

Rogue Trader was released on June 25, 1999 in the UK and the US.