Frozen Assets: How I Lived Iceland’s Boom and Bust by Armann Thorvaldsson

Frozen Assets: How I Lived Iceland’s Boom and Bust
by Armann Thorvaldsson

Iceland truly lived the boom and bust. Once a tiny country on the edge of Europe, in less than two decades it became a global financial powerhouse. 

Frozen Assets: How I Lived Iceland’s Boom and Bust, is the story of how one man, one bank and one country experienced and affected the course of world economic history.  Armann Thorvaldsson, a former CEO at Kaupthing bank, tells the story of how his company was transformed into a £6 billion international bank, by far the largest in his country’s history.  Helping to build the biggest name in Icelandic venture capital, Thorvaldsson represented the money behind such household names as Easyjet, JJB Sports, Hamleys and Karen Millen. 

Madoff With The Money by Jerry Oppenheimer

MADOFF WITH THE MONEY
by Jerry Oppenheimer

How could someone described as a ‘stand-up’ guy and a ‘generous boss’ who engendered trust through his motto, “the owner’s name is on the door,” mastermind one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history?  Bernie Madoff had an unremarkable past and, by all accounts, limited ability. So, what strange convergence of personality and circumstance created the most vilified and despised crook ever, who cheated thousands of people out of billions without blinking an eye? The questions, the media speculation and the global fascination with Bernie Madoff grow each day.   A new book by New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer, reveals the true story of the man behind the scam in Madoff with the Money

Day One Trader – A Liffe Story

Day One Trader – A Liffe Story
by John Sussex

Day One Trader – A Liffe Story: is a powerful, brutally honest autobiographical account of a Liffe trader, John Sussex and the events and people that shaped one of the most exciting periods in trading history - from open outcry to screen trading at the Liffe exchange.

Wall Street Revalued: Imperfect Markets and Inept Central Bankers by Andrew Smithers

Wall Street Revalued: Imperfect Markets and Inept Central Bankers
by Andrew Smithers

Andrew Smithers, one of the world’s foremost economists, showed that at its peak in 2000 the US stock market was wildly over-priced and argued that central bankers should adjust their policies to prevent asset bubbles. But the Federal Reserve claimed that assets could not be valued and that they should ignore asset prices.

Internal Investigations; A Basic Guide Anyone Can Use

Internal Investigations; A Basic Guide Anyone Can Use by Spencer Pickett

There has never been a more pressing need for all larger companies to install an effective procedure for conducting internal investigations into known failings and weaknesses in the way business is conducted. Which is why the new Wiley book, Internal Investigations; A Basic Guide Anyone Can Use, is so relevant as we emerge from the global economic downturn. 

Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance: 2nd Edition

Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance: 2nd Edition
by Paul Wilmott

ISBN: 9780470748756, £29.99, Paperback

“Getting agreement between finance theory and finance practice is important like never before. In the last decade the derivatives business has grown to a staggering size, such that the outstanding notional of all contracts is now many multiples of the underlying world economy.

“No longer are derivatives for helping people control and manage their financial risks from other business and industries, no, it seems that the people are toiling away in the fields to keep the derivatives market afloat! (Apologies for the mixed metaphor!) If you work in derivatives, risk, development, trading, etc. you'd better know what you are doing, there's now a big responsibility on your shoulders.” Paul Wilmott

Bailout Nation By Barry Rithholtz

Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
by Barry Ritholtz

ISBN:  9780470520383, £16.99, Hardback

Bailout Nation is a revealing narrative about the politicians, financial leaders and institutions, and the regulators responsible for the financial crisis of 2008-09. 

Lecturing Birds on Flying by Pablo Triana

Lecturing Birds on Flying – Can Mathematical Theories Destroy the Financial Markets
By Pablo Triana

“Make no mistake: Quantitative finance had a very large hand in what could well be the worst financial crisis in the history of mankind,” argues Pablo Triana, in his latest book Lecturing Birds on Flying. 

Finance theory failed on several fronts simultaneously during the present financial crisis, and blind devotion to it was instrumental in causing, encouraging, and not helping prevent the global-wide destruction of the markets.