FX fixing enforcement actions
This library records 9 enforcement actions tagged fx fixing. FX fixing manipulation is trading during the short window used to calculate a daily currency benchmark, using advance knowledge of client orders that must be executed at that fix.
Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the fx fixing technique page.
- Actions
- 9
- Total penalties
- $2.7bn
- Median penalty
- $800m
- Largest
- $1.5bn
- Criminal parallel
- 11%
| Action | Agency | Filed | Penalty | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFTC v. Barclays Bank PLC (FX benchmark manipulation, 2015) | CFTC | 2015-05-20 | $400m | settled |
| FCA v. Barclays Bank PLC (FX benchmark manipulation, 2015) | FCA | 2015-05-20 | — | settled |
| CFTC v. Deutsche Bank AG (LIBOR and Euribor manipulation, 2015) | CFTC | 2015-04-23 | $800m | settled |
| CFTC v. Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan, RBS and UBS (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) | CFTC | 2014-11-12 | $1.5bn | settled |
| FCA v. Citibank N.A. (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) | FCA | 2014-11-11 | — | settled |
| FCA v. HSBC Bank plc (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) | FCA | 2014-11-11 | — | settled |
| FCA v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) | FCA | 2014-11-11 | — | settled |
| FCA v. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) | FCA | 2014-11-11 | — | settled |
| FCA v. UBS AG (FX benchmark manipulation, 2014) | FCA | 2014-11-11 | — | settled |