Operational risk control: Société Geénérale and other well-known cases

Rita Previtali

Journal of Securities Operations & Custody, 2009, vol. 2, issue 1, 24-36

Abstract: This paper attempts to establish a parallel between Société Geénérale (SG) and other well-known cases in which operational risk control breaks or gaps led to massive losses and other devastating consequences to the financial institutions in which they occurred. This paper seeks to draw valuable operational risk control lessons that can be applied to the industry, analysing specific circumstances that seem to be present not only at SG, but also at other well-known institutions, such as Barings Bank, Morgan Grenfell, Allied Irish, Daiwa and Mizuho Securities, among others.

Keywords: operational risk management; risk control; risk exposure; trading systems; risk systems security; M-T-M futures positions; straight through processing; trade desk controls; Société Geénérale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E5 G2 K22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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