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The New Rogue Trader

In a former life I designed and installed some two factor Authn and cyrpto systems for ING Barings (home of the first rogue trader Nick Leeson) in the 90’s. Let me tell you that no single FX or Options trader can run up 7 billion of debts without serious collusion. Watch this space!  This story is set to unfold.

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2 Comments on “The New Rogue Trader”

  1. Andy Says:
    January 26, 2008 at 5:54 am

    I am a pedantic annoying person…

    From m-w.com:

    Rouge - any of various cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips red

    Rogue - a dishonest or worthless person

    I’m not that worried about rouge traders :)

  2. mcurphey Says:
    January 26, 2008 at 7:52 am

    Andy,

    I ironically blush over my poor spelling. Cheers, also ironically my excuse ;-)

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