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By Edvard Pettersson, Bloomberg |
February 5, 2013
McGraw-Hill Cos. and its Standard & Poor’s unit were sued by the U.S. over claims S&P knowingly understated the credit risks of bonds and derivatives that were central to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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By Matt Robinson and Phil Mattingly |
February 4, 2013
McGraw-Hill Cos. tumbled the most in 25 years as the parent of Standard & Poor’s said it expects to be sued by the U.S. over inflated mortgage-bond rankings.
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By Phil Mattingly and Matt Robinson, Bloomberg |
February 4, 2013
The U.S. Justice Department intends to file a civil lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s based on ratings in 2007 of certain collateralized debt obligations, the company said today.
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By Lindsay Fortado and Greg Farrell |
December 13, 2012
UBS AG may be fined more than $1 billion by U.S. and U.K. regulators for trying to rig global interest rates.
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By Lindsay Fortado, Bloomberg |
December 3, 2012
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest lender, is close to agreements with U.S. and U.K. regulators to pay more than 290 million pounds ($466 million) in fines over allegations traders tried to rig global interest rates.
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By Lindsay Fortado, Bloomberg |
November 9, 2012
U.K. prosecutors are poised to arrest former traders and rate setters at UBS AG, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Barclays Plc within a month for questioning over their role in the Libor scandal.
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By Lindsay Fortado and Kitty Donaldson |
September 27, 2012
U.S. investigators conducting a criminal probe of interest-rate manipulation have asked their British counterparts for permission to interview London traders.
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By Lindsay Fortado and Kitty Donaldson, Bloomberg |
September 27, 2012
U.S. investigators conducting a criminal probe of interest-rate manipulation have asked their British counterparts for permission to interview London traders.
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By Alanna Byrne, Daniel P. Collins |
August 27, 2012
As we approach the four-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the current administration has done little to reduce the systemic risk inherent in our financial system.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
August 16, 2012
The mere volume of high level financial fraud, in various forms, coming out at us so fast is hard to keep up with.
