Thieves of Bay Street : how banks, brokerages, and the wealthy steal billions from Canadians /

This book sets out to reveal why Canada has become a popular place for investment fraud and thievery, and what the consequences are and not just for small investors who can lose a lifetime of savings with one wrong turn. It examines how bankers and brokers and the very wealthy rob from investors and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livesey, Bruce
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Random House Canada, [2012]
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Table of Contents:
  • Making out like bandits
  • Rise of Bay Street, death of Main Street
  • Pillaging Stelco
  • Plundering Nortel
  • How to corrupt a stock market
  • Pauperism by a thousand cults
  • Brokers gone wild : a rogues' gallery
  • Bankers behaving badly
  • Subprime horror : the Canadian connection
  • Tales from the crypt : the rise of shadow banking
  • The ghost thief
  • Ponzi schemata
  • No help in sight
  • The enablers
  • Kissing cousins : the regulators
  • Not to be trusted.