Does anyone know the meaning of the word 'rogue'?
To me, the word 'rogue' = 'money losing'.
Oswald Gruebel said to all his traders "Don't lose any money", ~~> "Don't be a rogue trader"?
Rogue means a non-conformant, deceitful, loner of questionable character. The word could be used to describe a person in any context, in history it would be to vagrant and beggars, rascals etc.
Rogue Trader as term serves a couple purposes as far as media spin goes. One, it implies the person is of questionable character and is completely responsible for the action. Two, it also implies that they acted alone, so that from a PR persecptive, it makes it seem like the bank had nothing to do with his actions, and are not at fault because he was a 'rogue'.
That's the funny part because it's the bank's job to put policies and safeguards in place to prevent these sorts of things, because there will always be people trying to circumvent the system, and they seem to be making it quite easy to do..Gruebel sounds like a total idiot trying to act like UBS has no culpability in the matter.
Truth is, there are 'Rogue' traders that make a lot of money, you just don't hear about those because the banks take the profits and sweep it under the rug. Maybe the guy gets fired, maybe he gets slap on the wrist and more oversight. But they definitely do not get you arrested and call you a 'rogue trader' in the media.
Rogue is bad! Only when you lose big.