Jérôme Kerviel Jérôme Kerviel Jérôme Kerviel (; born 1977) is a French trader who was convicted in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion. Société Générale characterizes Kerviel as a rogue trader and claims Kerviel worked these trades alone and without its authorization. These assertions have been met with skepticism by some of Kerviel's former colleagues and acquaintances, as well as by some members of the news media. Kerviel had told investigators that his trading behavior was widespread at the company and that making
Modern Trader Modern Trader Modern Trader is a U.S.-based monthly print investment magazine. The publication was established in 1972 under the name "Commodities". The name was changed to "Futures" in September 1983 and "Modern Trader" in 2015. The magazine is a standard source in futures and option trading, and its SourceBook site is a standard reference to US brokerage and related services. The Commodity channel index was first published in "Commodities", before it was renamed to "Futures". The magazine was founded in 1972 as "Commodities", published by Leon Rose and Mort Baratz. It was bought in 1976 by Daniel Oster for Merrill.