LIBOR is an interest rate at which banks can borrow funds, in marketable size, from other banks in the London interbank market. The LIBOR is fixed on a daily basis by the British Bankers' Association. The LIBOR is derived from a filtered average of the world's most creditworthy banks' interbank deposit rates for larger loans with maturities between overnight and one full year.
The LIBOR is the world's most widely used benchmark for short-term interest rates. LIBOR is set by 16 international member banks and, by some estimates, places rates on a staggering $360 trillion of financial products across the globe.
On 28 February 2012, it was revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice was conducting a criminal investigation into Libor abuse. Among the abuses being investigated were the possibility that traders were in direct communication with bankers before the rates were set, thus allowing them an advantage in predicting that day's fixing. Libor underpins approximately $350 trillion in derivatives. One trader's messages indicated that for each basis point (0.01%) that Libor was moved, those involved could net “about a couple of million dollars”.
In June of 2012, multiple criminal settlements (fines/compensations) by Barclays Bank revealed significant fraud and collusion by member banks connected to the rate submissions, leading to the Libor scandal.
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http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/libor.asp#ixzz26HAHyzsI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libor#cite_note-37
The LIBOR is the world's most widely used benchmark for short-term interest rates. LIBOR is set by 16 international member banks and, by some estimates, places rates on a staggering $360 trillion of financial products across the globe.
On 28 February 2012, it was revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice was conducting a criminal investigation into Libor abuse. Among the abuses being investigated were the possibility that traders were in direct communication with bankers before the rates were set, thus allowing them an advantage in predicting that day's fixing. Libor underpins approximately $350 trillion in derivatives. One trader's messages indicated that for each basis point (0.01%) that Libor was moved, those involved could net “about a couple of million dollars”.
In June of 2012, multiple criminal settlements (fines/compensations) by Barclays Bank revealed significant fraud and collusion by member banks connected to the rate submissions, leading to the Libor scandal.
Sources
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/libor.asp#ixzz26HAHyzsI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libor#cite_note-37
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