Insider jokes,hedge fund titans, financial jargon – creators have all the ingredients of a compelling financial suspense storylineIn Showtimes recent drama series, or Billions,a grim-faced procession of FBI agents and other law enforcement personnel march down the glass-walled hallways of a top hedge fund, brandishing subpoenas and ordering the firm’s traders to step away from their computers.
In the final decade or so, and in the genuine world,that kind of scene has become all too familiar. The Securities and Exchange Commission, federal prosecutors and the genuine-life equivalents of the Billions character played by Paul Giamatti (a district attorney) have embarked on one prosecution and one arrest after another.
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Source: theguardian.com