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Time travel story about a [[legal eagle]] called [[Bartholomew Gould]] who disappeared from the future without explanation and was sent back to kill the members of [[Basel Committee on Bank Supervision|basel committee]] who sanctioned netting regulation. | Time travel story about a [[legal eagle]] called [[Bartholomew Gould]] who disappeared from the future without explanation and was sent back to kill the members of [[Basel Committee on Bank Supervision|basel committee]] who sanctioned netting regulation. | ||
The story opens in Basel in 1995, with the murder of a Basil A’Court, a banking supervisor for the Central Bank of Belgiumstein. He has been poisoned with a complicated cocktail of refined, purified, tranched derivatives that would not become popular for ten years after his death. | The story opens in Basel in 1995, with the murder of a [[Basil A’Court]], a banking supervisor for the Central Bank of Belgiumstein. He has been poisoned with a complicated cocktail of refined, purified, tranched derivatives that would not become popular for ten years after his death. | ||
Boone whistled. “Who knew the Belgians even possessed this technology in the nineties? The techniques for refining and distributing this kind of risk weren’t | Boone whistled. “Who knew the Belgians even possessed this technology in the ''nineties''? The techniques for refining and distributing this kind of risk weren’t widespread until the 2000s. The poor guy can’t have known what hit him.” | ||
“Just look at the smile on his face, though,” said Barber. | “Just look at the smile on his face, though,” said Barber. | ||