Breaking the Bank: One Trader, 50 Billion

  • Premiered: Nov 2024
  • Episodes: 4
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Season 1
1x1
Just one man
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 2024
In January 2008, Société Générale announces a loss of €4.9 billion, launching an investigation that leads to a single trader. Earlier, Jérôme Kerviel starts his financial career in .. show full overview
1x2
Delta One
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 2024
Throughout 2007, Kerviel's reputation within Société Générale and his team continues to rise. In January 2008, the bank discovers Kerviel's hidden trades, kicking off a race against time to unwind his positions and avert a catastrophic market crash.
1x3
The idol
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 2024
As the media fixates on his whereabouts, Kerviel is forced into hiding. Then, after the state presses criminal charges, Kerviel breaks his silence - exploiting the media's obsession with him to rally public opinion.
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And yet, it governs us
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 2024
In the years following Kerviel's sentencing, certain testimonies, including from an investigator in the financial crimes division, share the belief that some Société Générale employees had knowledge of their former trader's actions.

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