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    baring gear

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    APPROVAL ISSUE Course 234 - Turbine and Auxiliaries - Module Nine NOlES & REFERENCES Module 234-9 THE TURNING GEAR OBJECTIVES: After completing this module you will be able. to: 9.1 a) For each of the turbine operating states listed below‚ state the purpose(s) of the turning gear operation: i) ¢:>Page 2 ii) b) During turbine stanup (2); While shutting down the turbine (I). ¢:>Page 4 For each of the operating states listed in point (a)‚ describe turning

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    This story begins with a former back office clerk being promoted to a derivatives trader for Barings Bank’s Singapore Branch and ends with the collapse of a 232-year old banking empire. As we began researching this assignment‚ we all asked the same question‚ "How does a 28 year old trader bring about the collapse of a 232-year old banking empire?" To understand how this debacle came about‚ one must have a basic understanding of the nature of a derivative and what they are designed to do. Initially

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    for Royal Bank Coutts‚ Morgan Stanley for a couple of years until he finally joined the Barings. He was assigned a job in Barings (Jakarta) to sort out a back-office mess that involves about £100 million in share certificate. After successfully completing his job assignment‚ Nick was transferred to Barings in Singapore to work as a derivative trader for both Singapore and Japan. Nick caused the lost for Barings Bank of almost 1.4 billion due to the enormous accumulation of trading obligations that

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    1890 The Baring Crisis

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    Panic of 1890: The Baring Crisis The Baring Crisis was a unique panic happened in Argentina during 1890 as it was related to sovereign debt. This financial crisis was not just affecting the country‚ but it was also affected some European countries like England and France. The name of the crisis itself came from one of the largest merchant bank in England‚ Baring Brothers & Co. Before the crisis happened‚ Argentina attracted a huge amount of foreign investors to invest and loan money to them. They

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    Rogue Trader

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    of Rogue Trader In the movie Rogue Trader‚ Nick Leeson‚ a trader on behalf of the Barings Bank of England‚ made a series of financial fraud to cover the loss he incurred in trading—up to £800 million—in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange which ultimately led to the fall of Barings Bank. This tragedy was a mixed result of the personal greed and the lack of control in Barings Bank’s system. Most of the COSO internal control frameworks were violated with the “Control Environment” and “Information

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    COSO Risk Management Plan LAW/531 BUSINESS LAW March 18‚ 2013 Nicole Harrison COSO Learning Activity Beasley‚ Hancock and Branson (2009) have mentioned that “Many senior executives and their organization’s board of directors are working to strengthen risk oversight so that they are better informed about emerging risk exposures‚ particularly those impacting strategy” (p. 01). This statement clarifies

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    Why did Nick Leeson establish a bogus error account (88888) when a legitimate account already existed? He created this account to be able to perform is unauthorized trading and hide his lost from Barings as this account was not shown on the statements transmitted to London. 4) Why did Barings and its auditors not discover that the error account was used by Leeson for unauthorised trading? The error account had been presenting by Leeson as a customer account‚ that’s why his activities were

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    Barrings Bank Fall

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    BARINGS – A CASE STUDY IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL CONTROLS Introduction: In 1995 Britain’s oldest merchant bank of two hundred years came to a dramatic and fatal halt. The bank was Barings. The demise of the bank was brought about as a result of the actions of a derivative trader‚ Nick Leeson‚ stationed in Singapore. Without a careful and considered review one may be tempted to conclude that the blame rests solely on Nick Leeson. But if you think with analytical mind‚ you will ask: how

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    Collapse of Barings Bank Barings was the oldest investment bank in Britain‚ listing among its clients the Queen herself. Indeed‚ the bank’s pedigree was so distinguished that it did not have a logo‚ it had a crest. The firm traces its origins to John Baring of Bremen‚ who settled at Exeter in 1717 and set up in business as a merchant and manufacturer. He became one of the leading businessmen in the West Country. In 1762‚ his three sons established the London merchant house of John & Francis

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    Nick Leeson's Double Life

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    Nick Leeson ’s Double Life In 1999‚ director/screenwriter James Drearden released the movie Rogue Trader‚ which encapsulates the true life of futures trader Nick Leeson and his role in the downfall of Barings Bank. Ewan McGregor stars at Nick Leeson‚ an ambitious young British stock trader while Anna Friel plays his wife Lisa. Drearden ’s focus is on Leeson ’s activities at the Singapore Stock Exchange but he also constructs a love story subplot that adds little to the central plot. Critics of

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