The future of the investment banking giant UBS in London hangs in the balance after it revealed that a single rogue trader had run up losses of $2 billion... more
Arrested alleged UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli worked on the elite Delta One desk of the investment bank - known as the Special Operations forces of the City... more
There were gasps of disbelief at the Liverpool Street headquarters of UBS as the red strip flashed up on Bloomberg saying the bank had discovered a rogue trader who had lost it $2 billion (£1.26 billion)... more
Welcome, Irene Rosenfeld. The secrecy surrounding her visit — the first the Kraft boss has made to the UK since her company bought Cadbury in February — would not have been excessive had she been a head of state rather than a chocolate manufacturer... more
The revelation that a London trader blew £350m in oil deals at 3am after a four-day drunken binge has shone a spotlight on the unreformed and unashamed lifestyle of post-crunch dealers... more
French 'rogue trader' Jérôme Kerviel went on trial in Paris accused of gambling away billions of his bank’s money in one of the biggest trading losses in history... more
Date for the diary: May 7. It's actually the cut-off date for the Unite union’s ballot of its members about possible further industrial action against British Airways... more
Banking Analysis: Beats me why everyone is so surprised about this latest banking scandal, involving a Goldman Sachs vice-president known colourfully as “fabulous Fab Tourre"... more
Jerome Kerviel, the trader blamed by Societe Generale for a €4.9 bilion trading loss, has declared the dealing floor an addictive place and said traders would still take risky bets even if bonuses are curbed... more
Societe Générale, the bank rocked by the Jerome Kerviel rogue trading scandal, posted a surprise loss after taking a massive hit on US property investments
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The chairman of Société Générale quit after “repeated attacks” against him since it emerged rogue trader Jerome Kerviel cost the bank €4.9 billion last year
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Banking: Societe Générale's investment banking arm fared worse in 2008 than in 2007 once the £4.3 billion losses racked up by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel are taken out of the sums ... more
It was the year the economic bubble finally burst, but can you remember the financial events that made the headlines in 2008? Nick Curtis asks the questions... more
Forget the Bullingdon Club. Forget too, these troubled times. Eton College has started its own club for those keen to get on, credit crunch or not: The Stockbroking Society... more
WITH administrators and liquidators picking over corporate carcasses around the country and consigning thousands to the dole queue, step forward the annual Insolvency and Rescue Awards... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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