SocGen under pressure over rogue trade warning
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Societe Generale faces growing embarrassment after it emerged the French bank was warned last year about the suspect activities of Jerome Kerviel and its key fraud accusation against the 31-year-old trader collapsed.
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A rogue trader who cost France's Societe Generale bank more than $7 billion by making bad stock market bets had been gambling on a much larger scale, officials said Â tens of billions of dollars of the bank's money.
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Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton faced increasing pressure from French officials to answer for the rogue trader disaster rocking the bank ahead a meeting Wednesday of its board of directors.
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Jerome Kerviel, the trader blamed by  Societe Generale for heavy losses, had a trading deficit of 2.2  billion euros ($3.2 billion) as early as June last year, an  adviser to his lawyer told Paris Match.
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BNP Paribas confirmed on Thursday that it was studying a possible bid for Societe Generale, as its fellow French bank reeled from rogue trading losses and France warned off would-be foreign bidders.
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French police on Friday questioned a share broker over links to rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, whose 4.8 billion euro (7.1 billion dollar) losses nearly brought Societe Generale bank to its knees, justice officials said.
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France's economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.
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The trader at the centre of a massive trading scandal reportedly says Societe Generale must have known of his risk taking.
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Investment funds controlled by foreign governments could trigger a protectionist backlash, a report warns.
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France appeared on a collision course with the European Union on Thursday after Brussels warned Paris not to interfere with any foreign bids for Societe Generale in the wake of its rogue trading losses.
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London banks warned London investment banks face the likelihood of closer regulation of derivatives trading in the wake of the rogue trader debacle that cost French bank SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale an estimated â¬4.9bn ($7.2bn).â¦
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Societe Generale, the French bank reeling  from a rogue trading scandal, launched a rights issue at a  steep discount on Monday, aiming to raise 5.5 billion euros  ($7.97 billion) to bolster its balance sheet.
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Will the SEC get in on the act? SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale may face a US inquiry on its handling of the rogue trader scandal that cost the company â¬4.9bn ($7.2bn).â¦
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French bank BNP Paribas is "thinking" about a possible takeover of its rival Societe Generale, rocked by muti-billion-euro rogue trade losses, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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Societe Generale came under mounting pressure on Friday to give a full account of how a rogue trader managed to dupe his bosses and run up a $7 billion loss -- while his family said he had been made a scapegoat.
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Societe Generale , the French  bank hit by a trading scandal, faced further pressure on Monday  with a government report set to criticize its risk control and  as an unrelated money-laundering trial starts.
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"There's still a feeling of total incomprehension"  Societe Generale came under mounting pressure on Friday to give a full account of how a rogue trader managed to dupe his supervisors and run up a $7 billion loss. via Earth Times