The Devil's Deal

How it all began

I’ve got one of the great jobs.

My work takes me to Europe, Asia and the Americas. I’ve never

shaken off my teenage travel bug, so I accept offers from anywhere

– Wall Street, Hong Kong, Cairo – as long as a business class ight

is part of the deal. I love the role, love talking in front of people,

love that moment when the penny drops and they understand.

But a chance meeting with the investment director of a secretive

private bank changed my life for ever. Guy Abercrombie had

been one of my students and now he was an immensely rich

man. How had he become so successful so quickly? What was the

knowledge he had and others didn’t? He promised to tell me, and

that’s when my problems began.

If you’ve ever been intrigued about how bankers make money,

then this is the book for you. It will explain the secret techniques

and cunning schemes of the money men. It’ll tell you more than

you ever wanted to know. While writing this book I’ve contin-

ually asked myself this question: how would you benet from

learning what my mysterious client knew?

I’ve written The Devil’s Deal with two audiences in mind. I want

new visitors to this strange world to understand why we lurch

from one nancial crisis to another. If you’ve ever been intrigued

by the secret techniques and cunning schemes of the money

men, then this is the book for you. Use it as a guidebook to

nance, with translations of the most common phrases included

for free. Readers already working in banking will enjoy how the

truth about the nancial world is revealed. You’ll recognise some

of the characters around your ofce: you might even recognise

yourself.

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I’ve had to change the names of certain characters and rms to

avoid even more letters from lawyers. And, in two very important

instances, I’ve been advised to change the location for reasons

of personal safety. The people involved are unlikely to complain

about being made anonymous.

The Devil’s Deal is the ultimate insider’s tale. The Devil’s Deal is

also a thriller. And it’s true.