Jerome Kerviel - Genius of Fraud Background: Imagine growing up in a working class European family that is getting by but is by no means rick. You ’ve done well in undergraduate college and are on the verge of graduating with a Masters in Finance from a reputable university but didn ’t do much to differentiate yourself while there. After grad school‚ you receive an offer for a middle office position at a large investment bank who guaranteed there ’s room to grow into a trading position‚ you
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Jérôme Kerviel and Société Générale In brief Société Générale S.A. (SocGen) is a French multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Paris. The company has a Corporate and Investment Banking division (Derivatives‚ Structured Finance and Euro Capital Markets). In the summer of 2000‚ Kerviel joined the middle offices in the bank Société Générale. He was working in the compliance department. In 2005 he was promoted to the bank’s Delta One products team in Paris where
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Incentives/Pressures Enhance and maintain reputation in the domain Kerviel was to enhance his reputation as a trader since many did not recognise him as a trader due to he was located at the bottom of the company’s structure‚ this perception forced he to create a mindset to become a star trader. His earnings in the entity were not attracted by others if compared to those higher-flying traders. When he was recognised in the most prestigious trading area as one of the A-league traders‚ he was forced
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What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? System vulnerabilities Computer crime: using computers as instruments of crime to defraud the bank‚ customers‚ and other financial institutions Internal threats from employees: Jerome Kerviel has access to privileged information; he was able to run through the organizations system without leaving a trace Business value of security and control: Organizations can be held liable for needless risk and harm created if the organization fails
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Kerviel - New King of the Rogue traders How Why and Implications surrounding his actions Word Count – 2‚439 SOC GEN Case Study Leeson‚ Iguchi‚ Rusnak….and now Kerviel has been unearthed as the new king of the rogue traders. His losses dwarfed that of Nick Leeson (Barings)‚ John Rusnack (AIB) and Toshihide Igichu (Daiwa) combined‚ with his losses amounting to €4.9bn. Worldwide financial institutions do not seem to have captured the risk surrounding rogue trading and implemented efficient
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UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA CASE STUDY 6 DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITING By: Mario Žgela‚ M Sc SISTEM INFORMASI DAN PENGENDALIAN INTERNAL Chitarani Kartikadewi - 1406524682 Desi Susanti - 1406524695 Karina Ayu Ditriani - 1406524713 FAKULTAS EKONOMI PROGRAM MAKSI-PPAK OKTOBER 2014 CHAPTER I SUMMARY Analysis of Some Cases Resulting in Significant Losses or Bankruptcies During 1990’s and 2000’s‚ there are several companies that severe bankruptcies or
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covered up his mistakes. In the Societe Generale and Jerome Kerviel scandal‚ it is a simple matter of fraud and abuse of authority. On the part of the bank‚ they have failed as they lacked control over the actions that has put the existence of the bank at peril. There was an abuse of trust in Jerome which has partially made the Bank liable for these own losses. It is also a surprise that in the trial for the conviction of Jerome Kerviel that the Bank escaped with a mediocre fine of $4 million. The
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Rogue Trader‚ Nicholas Leeson Case 1) What was Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives? Leeson was trading derivatives contracts on the two exchanges that were‚ in some cases‚ of different types and‚ in some cases‚ in mismatched amounts. He was hoping making profits by selling put and call options on the same underlying financial instrument‚ the Nikkei 225 Index. 2) What went wrong that caused his strategy to fail? He thought as the Nikkei was already low that
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Nick Leeson ’s Double Life In 1999‚ director/screenwriter James Drearden released the movie Rogue Trader‚ which encapsulates the true life of futures trader Nick Leeson and his role in the downfall of Barings Bank. Ewan McGregor stars at Nick Leeson‚ an ambitious young British stock trader while Anna Friel plays his wife Lisa. Drearden ’s focus is on Leeson ’s activities at the Singapore Stock Exchange but he also constructs a love story subplot that adds little to the central plot. Critics of
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Barings Bank & the “Rogue Trader” Founded in 1762‚ Barings Bank (previously known as Baring Brothers & Co.) was the oldest merchant banking company in England. Barings collapsed on February 26‚ 1995 as the result of the activities of one of its traders‚ Nick Leeson‚ who lost $1.4 billion by investing in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) with primarily derivative securities. This was actually the second time the bank had been faced with bankruptcy. Following the collapse‚ Barings
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