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InvestmentNews<\/em> is reporting that according to sources in the know, the Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to figure out whether currency traders at the biggest banks fixed benchmark foreign-exchange rates and distorted the process for exchange-traded funds and options. The regulator, which oversees the options and ETFs involved with the rates, joins the ongoing US and European regulatory investigations into possible currency market manipulation. Also probing the matter is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Reserve, the US Justice Department, New York\u2019s lead banking regulator, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.<\/p>\n

European and US authorities have talked to at least 12 banks as they look into allegations reported by Bloomberg News<\/em> last year accusing dealers of saying they shared data about client orders to manipulate currency benchmark spot rates. Options and other derivatives comprise over 50% of the $5.3 trillion\/day foreign exchange market, with the remaining consisting of spot transactions.<\/p>\n

In London today, with the Bank of England\u2019s governor, Mark J. Carney talked to lawmakers about concerns that banking officials might have known about and tolerated currency market manipulation. Independent directors are currently conducting a review. Carney testified in front of the Treasury Select Committee.<\/p>\n

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InvestmentNews is reporting that according to sources in the know, the Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to figure out whether currency traders at the biggest banks fixed benchmark foreign-exchange rates and distorted the process for exchange-traded funds and options. 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