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Libor Case Comes to Trial
May 25th, 2015
U.K. prosecutors to contend Tom Hayes led conspiracy to manipulate rates Is a 35-year-old mathematician the modern face of financial crime? In a trial starting Tuesday in London, British prosecutors will contend that the answer is yes. They are ...
Federal Reserve proposes adding certain investment grade general obligation state and local municipal bonds
May 25th, 2015
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday proposed adding certain general obligation state and municipal bonds to the range of assets a banking organization may use to satisfy regulatory requirements designed to ensure that large banking organizations have the capacity ...
Top news of the day, May 22
May 22nd, 2015
1.The dollar edged lower versus a basket of majorcurrencies on Friday in the wake of unimpressive U.S. economic data, with investors awaiting speeches by major central bankers. The dollar index slipped 0.2 percent to 95.117, having backed off from ...
Barclays to Pay $400 Million Penalty to Settle CFTC Charges
May 21st, 2015
CFTC Also Took Action Today Against Barclays and its Affiliates for Attempted Manipulation and False Reporting of the ISDAFIX Benchmark, an Interest Rate Benchmark — the First Enforcement Action Addressing Abuse of ISDAFIX Barclays Has Now Been Subject to ...
FCA fines Barclays £284,432,000 for forex failings
May 20th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a financial penalty of £284,432,000 on Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) for failing to control business practices in its foreign exchange (FX) business in London. This is the largest financial penalty ever imposed ...
Law Firm Survey: Financial Services Professionals Reveals Widespread Disregard for Ethics
May 20th, 2015
Efforts to Reform Wall Street and Fleet Street May be Faltering Labaton Sucharow LLP, which established the nation’s first practice exclusively dedicated to representing SEC whistleblowers, today announced the results of its collaborative survey with the University of Notre ...
First Bitcoin Index by New York Stock Exchange
May 20th, 2015
The New York Stock Exchange, part of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced the NYSE Bitcoin Index (NYXBT), the first exchange-calculated and disseminated bitcoin index. Launching today, the NYXBT Index will represent ...
UBS to Plead Guilty on Libor, Fined by Fed in Currency Probe
May 20th, 2015
UBS Group AG said its main unit will plead guilty to fraud in the U.S. for manipulating benchmark interest rates and pay $203 million in fresh fines after the Swiss bank violated an agreement that had allowed it to ...
Nomura Is Latest Bank to Stop Clearing Swaps as New Rules Bite
May 14th, 2015
Nomura Holdings Inc. will no longer act as a middleman to allow clients to guarantee their swap trades with a clearinghouse, the latest bank to exit the business as new rules increase risks and costs in the $630 trillion ...
Top stories of the day
May 13th, 2015
1. The European Central Bank raised the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling for Greek banks by 1.1 billion euros on Tuesday, in the wake of Monday’s Eurogroup meeting that recorded some progress in the talks between the government and its ...
