In early January 2008, the well-paid foreign exchange trader Jérôme Kerviel bought 140,000 Dax futures on Eurex in the name of his bank, Société Générale (France’s second-largest institution; known in the jargon as SocGen). The futures contracts were issued for a level of the Dax of 8,000; every point above this index level would have resulted in a profit of 25 euros per contract. – In fact, the Dax fell, and the options transaction resulted in a loss of almost USD 5 billion. This raised many questions about risk control at Société Générale; the bank suffered a considerable damage of image (i.e. the perception, the mental impression people have when they come across the name Société Générale). – However, the high-profile scandal prompted banks around the world to review their security and surveillance systems for reliability. – See stock index, Citigroup manipulation, compliance, employee guidelines, risk transparency, spread bets.
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