The Fix

Acknowledgments

This book is the result of more than 300 interviews carried out over 18 months: with traders and brokers as well as their friends and family members; with regulators, central bankers and investigators; with academics and journalists; and with lawyers, bank executives and public relations professionals. Occasionally we quote people directly, but for the most part, because of the sensitivity of the subject matter and ongoing legal proceedings, the conversations were conducted on the basis that we wouldn't reveal the identity of those we spoke to. We would like to thank each and every individual who gave up his or her time to help us.

We were also blessed with a mountain of documentary material to draw from, including evidence produced during the trials of Tom Hayes, the interdealer brokers and the Barclays traders. The trials provided a seemingly endless supply of e-mails, instant messages, text messages, testimony and recorded phone calls to pick over, which enabled us to recreate many events using the language of the actors involved. For other parts of the book, particularly sections relating to the Libor investigation and Barclays, contemporaneous records were not always available. In those instances we sought to describe events and conversations using the accounts of the individuals in the room, which were then put to all participants. Not all of the individuals elected to comment.

First and foremost, we wish to thank our editor at Bloomberg, Robert Friedman, ...