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IOSCO Consultation Report on Financial Benchmarks

by Peter J. Green, Jeremy C. Jennings-Mares | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/7/2013

Background - As we have previously reported, a Task Force of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) published a consultation on financial benchmarks on 11 January 2013 in response, in part,...more

Gensler Criticizes Libor At CFTC Roundtable

by Elan Mendel | Shipkevich PLLC on 2/27/2013

Gary Gensler, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) head addressed a roundtable yesterday as part of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO Task Force). In his opening remarks to the...more

Ticking Time Bomb: Private LIBOR Litigation

by Michael Volkov on 2/13/2013

One by one global banks are being ensnared in the LIBOR prosecution net. Late last year UBS, the Swiss banking giant, entered into a massive settlement in which it agreed to pay approximately $1.5 billion in fines and...more

DOJ Announces LIBOR-Related Criminal Charges And Penalties, Regulators Announce Parallel Civil Enforcement Actions

by BuckleySandler LLP on 12/26/2012

On December 19, both federal law enforcement and U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities announced that a Japanese bank and its Swiss bank parent company agreed to pay more than $1.5 billion to resolve criminal and civil...more

FSA Consults on Regulation of Benchmarks

by Edward Black | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/13/2012

On December 5, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced a consultation on its new regulatory framework for financial benchmarks – CP12/36 The Regulation and Supervision of Benchmarks. This follows on from the work...more

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IOSCO Consultation Report on Financial Benchmarks

Gensler Criticizes Libor At CFTC Roundtable

Ticking Time Bomb: Private LIBOR Litigation

DOJ Announces LIBOR-Related Criminal Charges And Penalties, Regulators Announce Parallel Civil Enforcement Actions

FSA Consults on Regulation of Benchmarks

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