Article: JP Morgan agrees to pay $100 million to settle a Currency Manipulation Lawsuit in New York
Article - Media, PublicationsJP Morgan agrees to pay $100 million to settle a Currency Manipulation Lawsuit in New York
Giambrone, 25 January 2015
Financial service giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a $100 million settlement to resolve a U.S. antitrust lawsuit that sought damages for the alleged rigging of foreign currency markets, in which investors accused 12 major banks of rigging prices in the $5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market in the case of In re: Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 13-07789.
JP Morgan will pay about $100 million and settled the case after mediation with Kenneth Feinberg, an American attorney, specializing in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Bank of America, Citigroup, HSBC, RBS and UBS also settled with regulators in November for an additional $3.3 billion. Continue reading “Article: JP Morgan agrees to pay $100 million to settle a Currency Manipulation Lawsuit in New York”
Article: Arrested RBS forex trader named as Paul Nash: sources
Article - Media, PublicationsArrested RBS forex trader named as Paul Nash: sources
Jamie McGeever, Kirstin Ridley, 08 January 2015
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Scotland currency trader Paul Nash has become the first individual arrested in connection with a global inquiry into alleged manipulation in the foreign exchange market, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Nash, who was suspended by RBS in 2013, was named by the sources as the man arrested in Billericay, southeast England, on Dec. 19. One of the sources said his arrest came only days before he emigrated to Canada.
Nash emigrated to Canada on Christmas Day and has rented out his family home, the source said. His arrest was not by appointment, as is typical in such cases, but was an “arrest and raid”, the source added.
Nash, who has not been charged with any offense, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Dec. 23 over variations to his bail conditions, a court official confirmed. These included that he would reside at a specified address in British Columbia.
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said only that a 48-year-old man had appeared at the London court on Dec. 23 in connection with a global investigation into allegations of manipulation in the $5.3 trillion-a-day forex market.
The increasingly aggressive agency, which is preparing for the trials this year of individuals alleged to have manipulated global benchmark interest rates, said last July that it might file the first charges in the high-profile inquiry this year.
About 30 forex traders have been put on leave, suspended or fired as prosecutors and regulators continue to examine allegations of wrongdoing in the world’s largest market.
Article: JP Morgan Agrees New Settlement for FX Manipulation
Article - MediaJP Morgan Agrees New Settlement for FX Manipulation
Profit & Loss, 7 January 2015
JP Morgan has agreed a settlement, believed to be worth $100 million, in an antitrust litigation lawsuit brought against 12 major banks for alleged manipulation of the FX market.
The bank submitted a letter to judge Lorna Scholfield of the Court of the Southern District of New York, stating that it had reached a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in this litigation and that is planning to file a copy of the settlement terms with the court for approval by the end of January.
Article: Merrill Lynch Fined $7.2M Over Options Reporting Flubs
Article - MediaMerrill Lynch Fined $7.2M Over Options Reporting Flubs
Law360, 2 January 2015
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. will pay $5.8 million in fines, while Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. agreed to pay $1.45 million to settle the joint enforcement action by FINRA, BOX Options Exchange LLC and Nasdaq’s options markets in Philadelphia and Boston, according to a settlement document dated Dec. 22, 2014.
