From his unlikely beginnings as a merchant bank trainee in the early 1960s to the seismic shifts of the Eurodollar boom, the abolition of exchange controls and the chaos and opportunity of the 'Big Bang' reforms, Buik charts a financial landscape in constant upheaval. Along the way, he encounters an unforgettable cast of characters, navigates the turbulence of building businesses and reflects with disarming honesty on both his successes and failures.
By turns insightful, humorous and self-critical, Buik's memoir goes beyond the cliches of greed and excess to reveal the human side of the money market - the ambition, the misjudgments and the sheer unpredictability of life in the City.
Money Market Mayhem is an insider's story of risk, resilience and reinvention, told by a man who lived it and isn't afraid to tell it as it was.
Paperback / softback | 328 pages | Published November 2026
