Libor Zombies Pit Hedge Funds Against Banks, Insurers in High-Stakes Feud August 28, 2023 By Tasos Vossos and William Shaw One of the most lucrative, and contentious, trades of 2023 has emerged in an obscure corner of financial markets, minting...
Libor Remains a Big Problem, But At Least It’s Getting Smaller January 25, 2021 By William Shaw and Alexandra Harris Untangling the vast global derivatives industry from Libor just got a bit easier. The London interbank offered rate is hardwired...
UK Seeks to Mend ‘Broken’ Libor Interest Rate Setting, Not Scrap It September 28, 2012 By Huw Jones Britain’s top financial watchdog delivered a 10-point plan to fix Libor, but stopped short of scrapping the benchmark interest rate...
U.S. Judge Puts New Lawsuits Against Banks Over Libor on Hold August 9, 2012 By Basil Katz A federal judge on Wednesday suspended several new lawsuits that allege banks rigged key interest rates, saying she first needed...
Allianz Expresses Concerns over Central Banks Role in Libor Scandal August 6, 2012 Europe’s biggest insurer, Allianz SE, is worried about the role central banks may have played in an interest rate rigging...
RBS Confirms Firing Employees over Libor Rigging Scandal August 3, 2012 By Matt Scuffham The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is majority owned (82 percent) by the UK government, confirmed on Friday it has...
The Libor Scandal – an Ongoing Major Catastrophe August 1, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle The scope of the investigations that are unfolding in the wake of the charges against Barclay’s Bank that it rigged...
Recession, Libor, Facebook Punish Europe’s Banks August 1, 2012 By Katharina Bart and Edward Taylor Leading European banks reported dismal profits on Tuesday, blaming everything from the continent’s debt crisis and Spain’s property market crash...
UK Watchdog Reviewing Regulatory Supervision after Libor Scandal July 3, 2012 The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) is reviewing how wholesale markets are supervised following the interest rate-setting scandal, its chairman...
UK Banks Face New Scandal; Barclays Boss in Peril over LIBOR Rigging June 29, 2012 Britain will expose on Friday a second scandal involving the country’s banks in as many days, as Barclays boss Bob...