January 24, 2008
Trading Ban for Societe Generale – after fraudulent trading losses
Societe Generale, France’s second largest bank by market value, uncovers a 4.9 billion euros ($7.1 billion) trading fraud. Institutional clients were eager to announce a trading ban with Societe Generale in all asset classes, until further clarification on this single future trader’s fraudulent trade and the actual losses.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
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