Société Générale was at the centre of a financial scandal in 2009. The bank denied those accusations. January 2008: Trading loss incident (Kerviel Fraud) On January 24, 2008, the bank announced that a single futures trader at the bank had fraudulently lost the bank €4.9 billion (an equivalent of US$7.2 billion), the largest such loss in history. The company did not name the trader, but other sources identified him as Jérôme Kerviel, a relatively junior futures trader who allegedly orchestrated a series of bogus transactions that spiraled out of control amid turbulent markets in 2007 and early 2008. Partly due to the
Trader Monthly this acquisition. Trader Monthly Trader Monthly was a lifestyle magazine for financial traders founded by Magnus Greaves. The headquarters was in New York City. The target audience of "Trader Monthly" was the financial community with an average income at or exceeding US$450,000 and/or net worth greater than $2 million. This included traders who worked at banks, hedge funds, exchange floors, proprietary trading companies, independent firms, private offices, insurance companies, asset management firms, energy firms, and other trading locales. The magazine had a BPA Worldwide-qualified circulation of 106,710 subscribers and launched in November 2004. The target audience of the magazine was