2008 Société Générale trading loss 2008 Société Générale trading loss In January 2008, the bank Société Générale lost approximately €4.9 billion closing out positions over three days of trading beginning January 21, 2008, a period in which the market was experiencing a large drop in equity indices. The bank states these positions were fraudulent transactions created by Jérôme Kerviel, a trader with the company. The police stated they lacked evidence to charge him with fraud and charged him with breach of trust and illegally accessing computers. Kerviel states his actions were known to his superiors and that the losses were caused by panic selling by
2011 UBS rogue trader scandal jobs. In mid-November 2011 UBS announced that it would cut back half of the risk-weighted assets in its investment bank over the next five years to reduce risk exposure in the wake of the trading scandal. In June 2012 UBS announced that their ongoing investigation has resolved the weaknesses that made this unauthorized trading possible. Along with their auditors, Ernst & Young Ltd., UBS aim to confirm this with internal control of financial reporting in December 2012. On 26 November 2012, the United Kingdom's financial regulator fined UBS £29.7 million ($47.6 million) for system and control failings that allowed Kweku