International law firm accused for ‘deliberately misinterpreting’ data
February 10th, 2016
White & Case partner comes to the defence of City colleague and argues SFO has ‘lost its focus’ The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has accused Pinsent Masons of ‘deliberately misinterpreting’ data on the number of cases it investigates and ...
SFO issued the first criminal proceedings against Deutsche Bank and Barclays staff
November 16th, 2015
The Serious Fraud Office today issued the first criminal proceedings against 10 individuals accused of manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR). The following individuals will be charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with the SFO’s ongoing investigation ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
London Stock Exchange Group Launches New Derivatives Venture – Curveglobal
October 16th, 2015
New venture launched with a number of major dealer banks and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Short Term and Long Term Interest Rate Futures to be offered in first phase Products to be traded on London Stock Exchange Derivatives ...
Banks fine tally since crisis hits $US260bn
August 24th, 2015
The wave of fines and lawsuits that has swept through the financial industry since the 2007-08 crisis has cost big banks $US260 billion, new research from Morgan Stanley shows. The analysis, which covers the five largest banks in the ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader Said to Sue U.K. FCA in Identity Spat
June 12th, 2015
Joerg Vogt, a former trading executive at Deutsche Bank AG, sued the U.K. financial regulator for indirectly identifying him in its Libor settlement with the bank, a person with knowledge of the case said. Vogt, the bank’s former director ...
Deutsche Bank agrees to pay fines
April 23rd, 2015
Deutsche Bank has issued a press release to inform that: Deutsche Bank has reached a joint settlement with US and UK regulators over all of their remaining investigations into past submissions for interbank offered rates (IBOR) benchmarks. Read also: Deutsche Bank ...
Deutsche Bank fined £227 million by FCA
April 23rd, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has handed Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank) a £227 million ($340 million) fine, its largest ever for LIBOR and EURIBOR-related (collectively known as IBOR) misconduct. The fine is so large because Deutsche Bank also ...
EU told to apologise to Credit Agricole over market rigging probe
March 13th, 2015
The European Commission has been ordered to apologise to French banking giant Credit Agricole for implying its guilt in the long-running investigation into financial market rigging before the probe had been completed. A report published on Thursday (13 March) ...
