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RBS v Highland Financial Partners: Culture of denial at RBS?

In a recent unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal in the case of RBS v Highland Financial Partners [2013] EWCA Civ 328, it was held that RBS…

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The Times: Banks’ secretly settling swaps mis-selling cases

The Times Newspaper has been given inside information from a number of reputable sources that banks are striking secret settlement deals with small businesses over the mis-selling of interest…

RBS Announce Results: Provision for Swaps Mis-selling Increased by 1300%

The Royal Bank of Scotland have today announced their 2012 results.  These show an operating loss of £5.2 billion with a total loss for 2012 of £5.8 billion. They…

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Barclays announce 2012 results – Provision for swaps mis-selling £850 million

Barclays Bank have today announced their results for 2012 [Barclays Bank Results 2012]. Barclays’ Announcement on Swaps Mis-selling (IRHPs or IRSAs) These deal with swaps mis-selling on page…

RBS fined for LIBOR Manipulation; will lead to increased LIBOR Litigation

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today announced a fine of £87.5 million on RBS in relation to manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).   This…

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What is Sophistication in the FSA Swaps Mis-selling Scheme?

The Financial Services Authority’s announcement on the swaps mis-selling pilot reviews (31 January 2013) brought in a refinement of the 29 June 2012 announced test of sophistication. That test…

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FSA Findings on Banks’ Pilot Swaps Mis-selling Review

The FSA has today published a long-awaited press release setting out the findings of their ‘pilot scheme’ in relation to the mis-selling of complex interest rate derivatives to…

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Warren Buffett On Derivatives

The following are excerpts from the Berkshire Hathaway 2002 Annual Report. I view derivatives as time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic…

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Financial Ombudsman Service Decision Not a Bar to Further Court Action

High Court ruling in Clark v In Focus  of assistance to complainants who have accepted a decision via the Financial Ombudsman Service; ruling determines that this in itself…

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Legal Comment on Green & Rowley v RBS [2012] EWHC 3661 (Swaps Mis-selling Judgment)

The judgment in Green & Rowley v RBS is certainly not helpful to claimants in swap mis-selling cases, but on careful analysis, it is less bad than it…