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Rabobank hit with $29 mln EU fine over 2006-16 bond cartel

Rabobank headquarters is seen in Utrecht, Netherlands August 21, 2018. Picture taken August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/ File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Dutch bank Rabobank was hit with a 26.6-million-euro ($29 million) fine by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday for taking part in a euro-denominated bonds trading cartel for a decade.Banks around the world have been fined billions of euros by antitrust enforcers in recent years for rigging key financial benchmarks and currencies.The European Commission said the cartel, which operated between 2006 and 2016, focused on...
Currencies

Crushed FX volatility as dollar, finally, subsides

LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - If you were looking for a klaxon to mark the end of the interest rate cycle, a crushing of currency market volatility rings loudly.Deutsche Bank's CVIX (.DBCVIX) - the currency market's version of Wall St's "fear index" of stock volatility and a weighted average of implied "vol" in nine major pairings - has basically imploded.Subdued since mid-year, the CVIX took another sharp leg lower this month and hit its lowest since mid-February 2022 - just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the first of the...
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