10 Jun 2020

High tech market manipulation and the Flash Crash

From Nine To Noon, 10:18 am on 10 June 2020
British trader Navinder Singh Sarao leaving Westminster Magistrates Court in London 2015.

British trader Navinder Singh Sarao leaving Westminster Magistrates Court in London 2015. Photo: AFP

In 'Flash Crash' investigative journalist Liam Vaughan paints a detailed portrait of market trader Navinder Sarao who triggered the fastest stock market crash in history.

It also exposes the world of cutting edge finance, and questions the merits of almost completely automating a system that determines the value of our savings, food and pensions.