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HSBC, UBS Latest Banks to Settle U.S. Rate-Rigging Lawsuits

July 11, 2017

HSBC and UBS will each pay $14 million to settle private U.S. litigation accusing them of rigging the ISDAfix interest rate benchmark - bringing to 10 the number of banks that have settled the lawsuit filed by Alaska Electrical Pension Fund and several other pension funds and municipalities. Four banks have yet to settle. Over $408 million has been raised by the 10 settlements.

 

Companies and investors use ISDAfix to price swaps transactions, commercial real estate mortgages and structured debt securities.

 

BANKS THAT SETTLED PREVIOUSLY.

  • Goldman Sachs ($56.5 million)  
  • JPMorgan Chase ($52 million)
  • Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland ($50 million each)
  • Citigroup ($42 million)
  • Barclays ($30 million)

 

BANKS THAT HAVE NOT SETTLED.

  • BNP Paribas
  • Mogran Stanley
  • Nomura
  • Wells Fargo