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In light of the colossal loss at Society General caused by a rogue trader, banks are examining their control systems in an effort to prevent similar future disasters.

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Banks will certainly start reviewing their internal controls to determine what they have set up to catch events like the SocGen loss.

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Society General tells us that it has already put in place further controls in order to prevent a recurrence of this particular type of breach.

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Banking institutions will likely be layering on more bandages and plasters in order to keep their processes functioning.

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Such efforts will probably prevent a precise replica of the Society General disaster, but it will not likely hinder a similar activity from being executed in a different way.

Correct answer: (c) replica

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The Francona loss was also the result of an over-zealous trader's effort at cleverness.

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The solution put forward to prevent such a recurrence was separation of duties to prevent both back and front office controls from manipulation by the same individual.

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Changes in approach and across cultures is required by financial institution control management; visibility across disparate information technology systems and across myriads of geographically diffuse employee activities is needed.

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Possibly, the staff were attempting to manage their assignents beyond their capacity, like a freighter loaded so heavily that it sinks below its Plimsoll line.

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Increased understanding by everyone who is involved of end-to-end operational processes is most important.

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