In a significant development a U.S. appeals court has revived a litigation wherein large banks had been accused of conspiring to rig the Libor interest rate benchmark, including during the 2008 financial crisis, to boost their profits at investors’ expense… Read More ›
On Thursday, as per Swiss government documents, Switzerland has updated rules to ensure that large banks hold sufficient liquidity to absorb economic shocks. The newly updated rules will have little or no impact on bank in terms of additional capital… Read More ›
In a statement, a spokesperson for Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse said, the bank has reached an out-of-court settlement with former star banker Iqbal Khan over allegations of spying that led to the resignation of its CEO Tidjane Thiam. “Everybody involved… Read More ›
On Wednesday, a group of banks, including Singapore’s DBS and UBS announced plans to create a new way of measuring the impact of environmental and social financing. The group, called Banking for Impact, also includes ABN Amro and Danske Bank;… Read More ›
In a statement the U.S. Department of Justice stated, the Swiss private banking unit of HSBC Holdings Plc will be paying $192.4 million to resolve a U.S. probe of its role in helping wealthy Americans evade taxes by using undeclared… Read More ›
Banks that are likely to face the legal heat include HSBC, Barclays, JPMorgan, Citigroup, UBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as a small Japanese bank. According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, the European Commission is… Read More ›
Things have got better since the beginning of 2019. Global financial markets face reduced stress with negotiations still being worked out in the U.S.-China trade war. On Tuesday, Tidjane Thiam, Credit Suisse’s Chief Executive said, he sees market conditions improving… Read More ›
The 221 page complaint alleges that these 16 major banks had colluded to rig the roughly $5.1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market. In a significant development, a group of big institutional investors, which includes BlackRock Inc and Allianz SE’s Pacific Investment… Read More ›
Speculation is rife on Deutsche’s potential merger with either UBS or Commerzbank. Deutsche’s CEO Christian Sewing has however dampened speculation of any potential merger for at least the next 3 years. On Wednesday, German business daily Handelsblatt reported citing sources… Read More ›
Refinitiv is essentially Thomson Reuters’ F&R unit, which acquired a 55% majority stake by Blackstone on January 30 2018. Thomson Reuters’ Financial and Risk (F&R) division – Refinitiv has has launched a price guidance on its term loan B, equivalent… Read More ›
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