Bank 'had means to track rogue trader'

Societe Generale had the means to track soaring bets that cost the French banking giant billions – and stop him, lawyers for accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel said today.

On the final day of Kerviel’s trial, the defence turned the prosecutor’s accusation that the 33-year-old trader was a “manipulator, a trickster, a liar” on its head.