Metallgesellschaft Ag

Financial Risk Management for Management Accountants

Germany’s Metallgesellschaft AG lost $1.3 billion in oil futures trading, and in the following year the US munici-pality, Orange County, was forced to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy following massive losses from speculating on derivatives. In 1995, Barings Bank in the UK failed due to unauthorized derivatives trading by an offshore subsidiary.

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