A Rogue Trader at Societe Generale Roils the World Financial System Most Important Facts Surrounding the Case Societe Generale alias SocGen is one of the oldest and recognized financial firms in France and worldwide. SocGen employs more than 130‚000 workers and has 22.5 million customers all over the world. The company is a leader in Corporate and investment banking‚ retail banking and financial services‚ and global investment management services. In the
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A Rogue Trader at Societe Generale Roils the World Financial System. 1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? System vulnerabilities Computer crime: using computers as instruments of crime to defraud the bank‚ customers‚ and other financial institutions Internal threats from employees: Jerome Kerviel has access to privileged information; he was able to run through the organizations system without leaving a trace Business value of security and control: Organizations can
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In the four scandals of the ‘rogue traders’ and their respective banks‚ factors leading to the incidents are similar. In the Barings Bank and Nick Leeson scandal‚ we see a high management person who rose up to a position after building up on his reputation. Being transferred to the securities department after being promoted to general manager‚ the lack of experience trader along with a group of trading professionals were teamed to garner for smaller profits. Instead of fulfilling his role and work
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Rogue Trader Introduction: A rogue trader is a market professional who is basically involved in different unauthorized trading activities. Most people are highly familiar with the rogue trading activities‚ as there have been several instances of huge losses incurred under the rogue trading. Recently these rogue trading activities causing huge losses attracted the media and many films have been based on such rogue trading activities. The rogue trader movie has been highly famous as it portrayed
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Societe Generale is a French bank founded in 1864 by a group of manufacturers and financiers. This bank was designed to encourage the growth of trade and industry in France. Its headquarters are in Paris and Nanterre‚ France. Currently Societe Generale has three main divisions that they focus on- these include: Retail banking and specialized financial services Corporate and Investment Banking Global Investment management and services Among these‚ their services also include specialized financing
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A Short Essay of Rogue Trader In the movie Rogue Trader‚ Nick Leeson‚ a trader on behalf of the Barings Bank of England‚ made a series of financial fraud to cover the loss he incurred in trading—up to £800 million—in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange which ultimately led to the fall of Barings Bank. This tragedy was a mixed result of the personal greed and the lack of control in Barings Bank’s system. Most of the COSO internal control frameworks were violated with the “Control Environment”
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Advanced Auditing Case 5.7 SOCIETE GENERALE Questions 1 Using Auditing standards or your Textbook‚ define the following control – related terms:- a. Control environment b. Segregation of duties c. Restricted access d. Preventive and detective controls e. Design and operating effectiveness Answer: a. Control Environment: The control environment is the reflections of overall attitude of top management and owners of entities about control and its importance to the entity
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Kerviel - New King of the Rogue traders How Why and Implications surrounding his actions Word Count – 2‚439 SOC GEN Case Study Leeson‚ Iguchi‚ Rusnak….and now Kerviel has been unearthed as the new king of the rogue traders. His losses dwarfed that of Nick Leeson (Barings)‚ John Rusnack (AIB) and Toshihide Igichu (Daiwa) combined‚ with his losses amounting to €4.9bn. Worldwide financial institutions do not seem to have captured the risk surrounding rogue trading and implemented efficient
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Rogue Trader Name(s) ___________________________ Accounting information systems ____________________________ I understand that this exam is to be completed by myself or in a team of two and that any assistance received from other students or any unauthorized source is cheating and subject to the appropriate disciplinary action as deemed by the Office of the Dean of Albers School of Business and Economics. I (we) am aware of the exam policies / rules provided and agree to abide by
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Summary Introduction I. Présentation of Société Générale A) History B) Key information 1- Structure 2- Stock Information 3- Fianancial information 4- Shareholders C) Activities II. Why use a capital increase ? A) The subprime crisis 1- Explanation of the crisis 2- Involvement of the general society B) The case of Jérôme Kerviel 1- Explanation of the fraud
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