Forex trading probes | Financial Times

Thursday, 6 June, 2019

Swiss regulator to fine banks $91m over forex cartel
Traders at Barclays, JPMorgan, Citi and RBS found to have rigged currency markets
Thursday, 16 May, 2019

EU fines five banks €1bn over foreign exchange cartel
Traders at RBS, Barclays, Citi, JPMorgan and MUFG used chat rooms to rig forex spot trading
Wednesday, 6 March, 2019

Financial fraud
UK’s poor record on corporate crime comes under attack
Corruption report says companies breaking law in US more likely to be penalised
Tuesday, 22 January, 2019

Lawyers for ex-HSBC trader attack ‘ever-shifting’ case
New legal filings show US appeal will seek to have rate-rigging verdict overthrown
Monday, 26 November, 2018

Analysis
Cleared British traders put US justice on trial
Staff in London and elsewhere are vulnerable to legal forays, lawyers for trio warn
Friday, 26 October, 2018

Bank traders acquitted in forex manipulation trial
Price fixing case against London-based trio was brought by US prosecutors
Tuesday, 23 October, 2018

Forex traders wrap up defence in price fixing trial
Government’s star witness testified they did not think they were cheating anyone
Wednesday, 10 October, 2018

Accused UK traders were only kidding, US jury told
Prosecutors allege executives in London fixed prices in global foreign exchange market
Sunday, 7 October, 2018

Forex scandal comes down to case against the ‘Cartel’
Three British traders deny chatroom banter amounted to price fixing in US trial
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Tuesday, 31 July, 2018

Former HSBC trader wins extradition appeal against US
Stuart Scott was accused by US authorities of forex-rigging
Sunday, 29 July, 2018

Barclays FX trader seeks to dismiss US charges over HP deal
Lawyers argue bank had no ‘fiduciary’ duty to US tech group on Autonomy acquisition
Friday, 26 January, 2018

BNP Paribas’ US unit pleads guilty to FX conspiracy
Bank to pay $90m criminal fine and become the sixth big lender to admit wrongdoing
Friday, 26 January, 2018

BNP Paribas unit pleads guilty, pays $90m in US forex case
Six major banks have pleaded guilty in ongoing US probe
Thursday, 18 January, 2018

HSBC agrees to $101.5m US forex settlement
Deferred prosecution agreement makes bank one of last financial groups to settle
Thursday, 18 January, 2018

Financials
HSBC agrees to $101.5m penalty in settlement of FX rigging case
HSBC settles with US DoJ over attempts to manipulate FX markets
Friday, 8 December, 2017

UK court rebukes HSBC over missing forex trading records
Friday, 24 November, 2017

Banks
HSBC ordered to hand over records in ‘front-running’ case
ECU claims its suspicions supported by recent conviction in US of trader
Sunday, 19 November, 2017

Banks prepare to settle over Brussels forex probe
Fines of billions of euros likely on 8 lenders for allegedly rigging $5.3tn market
Monday, 13 November, 2017

Credit Suisse fined $135m over forex trading abuse
Thursday, 26 October, 2017

Ex-HSBC forex trader loses US extradition case
Banker to appeal as UK court backs application to face charges in New York
Thursday, 26 October, 2017

UK court rules former HSBC currencies trader can be extradited
Monday, 23 October, 2017

Banks
Ex-HSBC currency trader found guilty of fraud
Jury rejects Mark Johnson’s defence that ‘pre-hedging’ is standard industry practice
Monday, 23 October, 2017

Ex-HSBC foreign-exchange trader convicted of fraud
Mark Johnson guilty in US court over $3.5bn currency deal
Tuesday, 17 October, 2017

Banks
Ex-HSBC forex trader accused of ‘scam’ in trial
Prosecution wraps up case over $3.5bn transaction involving oil and gas group
Wednesday, 11 October, 2017

Banks
HSBC trader denies ‘front-running’ Cairn forex deal
Mark Johnson tells New York court profit from $3.5bn transaction was ‘fair all round’