Market regulator opens probe into SocGen
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France's financial market regulator said Tuesday that it has opened an investigation into French bank Societe Generale, which announced last week that the actions of a rogue trader caused it nearly euro5 billion (US$7 billion) in losses.
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French bank Societe Generale , at the centre of a huge trading scandal, began investigating trades executed by junior trader Jerome Kerviel months before his unauthorized activities were exposed in January, the Financial Times reported.
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A failure of internal controls at Societe Generale contributed to the bank's multi-billion-dollar rogue trade scandal, France's finance minister said Monday, calling for tougher penalties for breaches of regulations.
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A second broker suspected of involvement in the Societe Generale affair appeared before French judges Saturday on suspicion of knowing about the multi-billion-euro losses being made by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, a judicial source said.
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Pressure mounted on Societe Generale on Monday as a prosecutor said rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was questioned about his trades in November, and as investors sued the French bank for insider trading.
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Societe Generale said Thursday that a single trader was responsible for a massive 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) fraud at the French banking giant.
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BaFin, the German financial market regulator, is investigating US banking giant Citigroup for possible market manipulation in the eurozone government bond futures market, the Financial Times reported.
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The Swiss banking regulator is to investigate how UBS ran up billions of dollars of losses in the credit crisis.
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France's finance ministry calls for tighter banking controls after the Societe Generale trading scandal.
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Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain how his rogue trades were not uncovered earlier.
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The French finance ministry has launched &quot;an investigative procedure&quot; to probe value-added-tax (VAT) fraud between European Union countries that could involve billions of euros annually.
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The German and French financial watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent trading by US financial services group Citigroup (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) in European government bond and derivative markets.
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Financial police in Paris were to question a trader who caused a $7.2 billion loss at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale, officials said.
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A senior prosecutor recommended that Daniel Bouton be questioned by judges in connection with accusations he has made about a rogue traderâs role in SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©raleâs  loss of billions of euros.
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The trader alleged to have cost French Bank Societe Generale 4.9 billion euros in unauthorised financial deals was being questioned in police custody Saturday, a judicial source said.
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A senior prosecutor recommended that Daniel Bouton be questioned by judges in connection with accusations he has made about a rogue traderâs role in SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©raleâs loss of billions of euros.
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US regulators launch an inquiry into whether Wall Street's top brokers adopted trading practices which left clients out of pocket.