Jacque tells stories of institutions that played in the derivatives market and lost big, some by honest but flawed financial engineering that brought them havoc, and others by unbridled
speculation perpetrated by rogue traders whose unchecked fraud brought their houses down. Though each story is unique, he says, there are some common threads, among them flawed financial
engineering, poor auditing, ill-designed risk management and control systems, weak governance, and old-fashion fraud. New to the second edition are a new chapter on JP Morgan-Chase’s London
Whale, an in-depth discussion of credit-default swaps, an update of the revamped regulatory framework with Basel 2.5 and Basel III against the backdrop of the Euro crisis, and a revised and
expanded discussion of the AIG debacle. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
