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
2012 JPMorgan Chase trading loss journal reported on further tranche trading activity by the JP Morgan unit two months later. By 2012, heavy opposing bets to his positions had been made by traders, including another branch of JPMorgan, who purchased the derivatives that JPMorgan was selling in high volume. JPMorgan denied the first news reports, with CEO Jamie Dimon calling it a "tempest in a teapot." Major losses of $2 billion were reported by the firm in May 2012 in relation to these trades. On July 13, 2012, the total loss was updated to $5.8 billion with the addition of a $4.4 billion loss in