Posts tagged as: rogue trading

Finally, a Dutch rogue trader

4 comments / October 7, 2015

A Dutch rogue trader has been busted. With many trading firms in the country, it was about time. France has Jérôme Kerviel, US has John Rusnak, Japan “Mr. 5%” Hamanaka and the UK has even two winners with Nick Leeson and Kweku Adoboli. Thanks to Tim Remie, Holland is on the map again. He lost at least $200 millionRead more

Brainstorm for movie title

66 comments / February 23, 2014

Few months ago had a coffee with the director of a new movie about a Dutch rogue trader. As a graduation project of the filmacademie, the guys worked with limited budget. Everything is more or less finished, just some last editing left. The main thing still missing is a catchy title. There are some suggestions,Read more

Ethanol and Kospi trading losses

96 comments / January 8, 2013

Knight went down on a single system glitch. Buttonwood lost it all on a rogue trader in Ethanol futures in December. This product is uncharted territory for me, but I’m told its closely connected to other commodity futures such as corn. The trader had a reputation among other Ethanol traders. According to unconfirmed chatter hisRead more