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    04/22/2015

    US and UK regulators imposed fines on Deutsche Bank AG for failings related to EURIBOR and LIBOR (collectively known as IBOR) submissions. The CFTC imposed a financial penalty of $800 million, the US Department of Justice imposed a financial penalty of $775 million on DB Group Services (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, which agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud for its role in manipulating LIBOR, the New York Department of Financial Services imposed a fine of $600 million and the UK FCA imposed a fine of £227 million (circa $340 million). The FCA found that Deutsche Bank had breached several regulatory requirements by attempting to manipulate IBOR rates and improperly influence IBOR submissions and for failing to have proper systems and controls in place. The FCA also fined the bank for the failure by its Managers and Senior Managers to deal with it in an open and cooperative way, for misleading the FCA and for not responding to requests for information timeously and effectively.

    The CFTC Order stated that from at least 2005 through early 2011, and across currencies, Deutsche Bank’s submitters routinely took into account other Deutsche Bank traders’ derivatives trading positions, as well as their own cash and derivatives trading positions, when making the bank’s IBOR submissions. Furthermore, Deutsche Bank allowed submitters and traders to prioritize profit motives over appropriate submission considerations, permitted a culture of trader self-interest to exist and created conflicts of interest, which allowed the misconduct to occur.

    View the FCA notice.

    View the CFTC order.


    View the New York Department of Financial Services order.

    View the US Department of Justice press release.

    TOPIC: Derivatives