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Trader shoots himself on trading floor

A stock exchange trader has shot himself on the trading floor in Brazil.

French detain trader over $1.5b loss

French police detain a trader for questioning over a $1.5b trading loss during this month's market mayhem.

Rogue trader loses $50m and disappears

A Russian rogue trader lost his investment bank up to $US50 million ($A74 million) in risky trades that went wrong in the financial crisis, reports said.

Bell gets more of online share trader

Stock broker Bell Financial Group has increased its stake in online share trader Bell Direct from 25 per cent to 36 per cent.

Rogue trader's assistant facing charges

The assistant of French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel has been charged with complicity in the billion-euro scandal at Societe Generale, judicial officials say.

Rogue trader's PA could face charges

French prosecutors are seeking charges against the assistant of Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader accused of causing multi-billion euro losses.

Morgan Stanley takes $127m hit from errant trader

INVESTMENT bank Morgan Stanley has suspended a senior trader on its London dealing floor after finding positions on its books were improperly marked up by $US120 million ($127 million).

Trader suspended after $US120m loss

Morgan Stanley suspends a credit trader and discloses a $US120 million ''negative adjustment'' related to erroneous valuations of his positions.

Weak management lets rogue trader slip the net

Weak management and insufficient internal risk controls at Societe Generale made it possible for a trader to cause nearly €5 billion in losses at the French bank.

Societe Generale boots out rogue trader's bosses

The two immediate supervisors of Jerome Kerviel, the Societe Generale rogue trader accused of a 4.9 billion fraud are being sacked.