Thursday, Jun 19, 2008

No subprime loans here, only one fat greedy fraudster

Thisislondon: 'Rogue trader' suspended after losing Morgan Stanley £60m

Does anyone remember the Société Générale fraudster Jérôme Kerviel? At the time, SocGen were adamant that the piles of money he lost were because he had acted alone, without the knowledge of SocGen's senior management. What happened to him? Google it to find out - it'll surprise you.

Posted by paul @ 09:31 PM (628 views) Add Comment

5 Comments

1. icarus said...

Thieves the lot of them. And Badger wants more City 'experience' brought into the BoE.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 09:56PM Report Comment
 

2. icarus said...

...fox....henhouse

Thursday, June 19, 2008 09:57PM Report Comment
 

3. confused76 said...

The two economists have long been calling the end of the housing boom. Among the first to warn of a "speculative bubble", Mr Bootle and Mr Stansfield had anticipated a major correction in 2004.
Today, they said: "For a time during 2004/05 it looked as though we were right. But, of course, the market recovered strongly on the back of the August 2005 interest rate cut.
"With hindsight, it is also clear that we significantly underestimated how much higher house prices would be driven by buy-to-let demand and looser mortgage credit conditions.
"However, with credit conditions now tightening, our earlier forecasts may yet prove to have been rather more prescient than widely believed."

BRAVO!!!

Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:53PM Report Comment
 

4. confused76 said...

OOOPS

posted my comment at the wrong thread.... instead refers to Roger Bootle's forecast

Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:54PM Report Comment
 

5. paul said...

They are all theieves, and just to prove the point, there really is no honour among them!

Subprime scapegoats.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:50PM Report Comment
 

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