London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) News

Libor Zombies Pit Hedge Funds Against Banks, Insurers in High-Stakes Feud

One of the most lucrative, and contentious, trades of 2023 has emerged in an obscure corner of financial markets, minting overnight profits for the hedge fund crowd of as much as 35%. The play: Load up on 1980s-era bank bonds …

Federal Appeals Court Revives Libor-Rigging Claims Against Big Banks

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived litigation accusing a slew of large banks of conspiring to rig the Libor interest rate benchmark, including during the 2008 financial crisis, to boost profits at investors’ expense and make the banks appear …

Libor Remains a Big Problem, But At Least It’s Getting Smaller

Untangling the vast global derivatives industry from Libor just got a bit easier. The London interbank offered rate is hardwired into swaps and other contracts worth hundreds of trillions of dollars, but it’s slated to disappear in the not-too-distant future. …

Deutsche Bank ($77M), JPMorgan ($71M) to Settle Libor Claims in U.S.

Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have agreed to pay a combined $148 million to end private U.S. antitrust litigation claiming they conspired with other banks to manipulate the yen Libor and Euroyen Tibor benchmark interest rates. The …