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Hausfeld Announces 9 Settlements Totaling More Than $2 Billion in FX Antitrust Litigation
August 14th, 2015
Hausfeld, a global claimants’ law firm dedicated to handling complex litigation, announced today that the plaintiffs in In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, 13-cv-7789 (S.D.N.Y.), have reached settlements totaling more than $2 billion with Bank of America, Barclays, ...
Citigroup, HSBC Among Banks Named in Brazil Currency Probe
July 3rd, 2015
Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley, HSBC Holdings Plc and 12 other banks are being investigated for currency manipulation by Brazil’s antitrust agency after similar probes in the U.S. and Europe led to penalties of more than $10 billion. Cade, as ...
Basel Committee consults on interest rate risk in the banking book
June 8th, 2015
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued a consultative document on the risk management, capital treatment and supervision of interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB). This consultative document expands upon and is intended to ultimately replace the ...
Commerzbank Announcement Regarding Sanctions and Money Laundering Violations
March 16th, 2015
Following the release that Commerzbank nears $1.4 billion-plus settlement with U.S, Commerzbank issued a press release informing that: Commerzbank has reached settlements with the Department of Justice (“DoJ”), the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the New York ...
U.S. Hits German Bank with $1.45 Billion in Penalties
March 13th, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday ordered Germany’s Commerzbank bank and its U.S. affiliates to pay $1.45 billion in penalties for violations of U.S. sanctions law and for a multibillion-dollar securities fraud. A department statement said Commerzbank, Germany’s ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (Part A)
February 24th, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
If You Listen Carefully, The Bankers Are Actually Telling Us What Is Going To Happen Next
February 10th, 2015
Are we on the verge of a major worldwide economic downturn? Well, if recent warnings from prominent bankers all over the world are to be believed, that may be precisely what we are facing in the months ahead. As ...
Central Bank of Hungary voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged
January 28th, 2015
Central Bank of Hungary issued a press release informing that voted to leave the central bank base rate unchanged at 2.10%. In the Council’s judgement, Hungarian economic growth is likely to continue. While the pace of economic activity is ...
Bundesbank successfully continues relocate gold
January 19th, 2015
The Bundesbank successfully continued and further stepped up its transfers of gold last year. In 2014, 120 tonnes of gold were transferred to Frankfurt am Main from storage locations abroad: 35 tonnes from Paris and 85 tonnes from New ...
Financial Stability Board to Propose Stricter Capital Rules for Global Banks
November 10th, 2014
The Financial Stability Board, a panel made up of central bankers, finance officials and top regulators from the world’s largest economies, plans to announce proposals Monday that would double the amount of money that large banks would be required ...
