UBS said the loss may mean it will report a loss in the third quarter. |
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- UBS says no client positions are affected by the loss
- The unauthorized trading could mean the bank reports a loss this quarter
- It would be among the largest losses in rogue trading
(CNN) --
Swiss banking giant UBS discovered that rogue trading has cost it an estimated
$2 billion, it announced Thursday.
The
"unauthorized trading by a trader in its investment bank" could cause
the bank to record a loss in the third quarter of this year, it said.
The loss
would potentially be among the largest costs ever to a bank in rogue trading.
Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel cost his bank, Societe Generale, almost $6 billion,
and was sentenced to three years in prison last year.
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UBS said no
client positions were affected by the loss announced Thursday, which is still
being investigated.
Nick
Leeson, the subject of the Ewan McGregor movie "Rogue Trader," lost
about $1.3 billion for his bank, Barings, in 1995, forcing it to close.
CNN's Alex
Mohacs and James Partington contributed to this report.
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