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How is rogue still in vogue?

Experts question how a big bank could have incurred such a large loss from unauthorised trades so soon after the Societe Generale trading scandal

Rogue trading appears to be back and UBS has become the latest to come under the spotlight.

The Swiss bank on Sunday confirmed that it suffered $2.3bn in losses stemming from "unauthorised speculative trading in various S&P 500, Dax, and EuroStoxx index futures over the last three months".

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