{"id":461,"date":"2014-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutionalinvestorsecuritiesblog.blawgcloud.com\/2014\/04\/barclays_settles_two_liborrela"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:11:27","slug":"barclays-settles-two-liborrela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/barclays-settles-two-liborrela\/","title":{"rendered":"Barclays Settles Two Libor-Related Securities Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barclays (BARC) has just settled two Libor-related securities cases <\/a>alleging mis-selling related to Libor. In the first lawsuit, filed by Guardian Care Homes over interest swaps worth \u00a370M that were linked to the benchmark interest rate, Barclays has agreed to restructure a loan for the home care operator.<\/p>\n

The bank had tried to claim the case lacked merit and that it was the home care operator that owed money. Barclays argued that the swaps, purchased in 2007 and 2008, cost the bank millions of pounds when interest rates plunged in the wake of the economic crisis. In 2012, Barclays was fined $450 million for Libor rigging.<\/p>\n

The London interbank offered rate is relied on for measuring how much banks are willing to lend each other money. Among the allegations against the firm was that it tried to manipulate and make false reports about benchmark interest rates to benefit its derivatives trading positions. Barclays settled with regulators in the US and the UK.<\/p>\n

In the other Libor mis-selling case, the bank has arrived at a \u201cformal\u201d compromise in the securities case involving property firm Domingos Da Silva Teixeira over more rigging claims and Portuguese construction. The company had filed a 11.1 million euro securities case against the bank.<\/p>\n

Also, this week, three ex-ICAP (IAP) brokers appeared in court in London to face charges accusing them of running a securities scam<\/a> to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rates. ICAP is the biggest interbroker dealer in the world.<\/p>\n

The men allegedly engaged in conspiracy to defraud. Their scam allegedly involved Tom Hayes, an ex-yen derivatves trader. He is charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit fraud while he worked for UBS (UBS)<\/a> in Japan.<\/p>\n

To date, 10 banks and ICAP have been ordered to pay$6 billion in fines. The Libor rigging scandal spans multiple continents and led to numerous criminal charges. Traders are accused of fixing Libor for profit.<\/p>\n

Barclays settles with Guardian Care Homes in Libor-linked court case<\/a>, The Guardian, April 7, 2014<\/p>\n

Three former ICAP brokers in UK court on Libor fixing charges<\/a>, Reuters, April 15, 2014<\/p>\n

Barclays settles second Libor case in week<\/a>, Yahoo, April 11, 2014<\/p>\n

More Blog Posts:<\/strong>
\nDeutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland Settle & Others for More than $2.3B with European Union Over Interbank Offered Rates, Institutional Investor Securities Blog, December 24, 2013<\/p>\n

Barclays LIBOR Manipulation Scam Places Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, and UBS Under The Investigation Microscope, Institutional Investor Securities Blog, July 16, 2012<\/p>\n

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