Team Spirit (film) Team Spirit (film) Team Spirit () is a 2016 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Based on the true life story of Jérôme Kerviel, 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. Kerviel was born in 1977 in a small fishing town in Brittany. He and his brother were brought up simply by their hardworking parents who were devoted to each other. He earned a Master's degree in Finance. In 2000, the Société Générale recruits
Oil futures drunk-trading incident Oil futures drunk-trading incident The oil futures drunk-trading incident was an incident in which Stephen Perkins, an employee of London-based PVM Oil Futures, traded of oil, worth approximately US$520 million (£340 million) in a two-and-half-hour period in the early morning of 30 June 2009 while drunk. These unauthorised trades caused the price of Brent Crude oil to rise by over $1.50 a barrel within a short period of time, a trend generally associated with major geopolitical events, before dropping rapidly. As a result of the trading, PVM Oil Futures suffered losses of almost $10 million and Perkins was dismissed, later