Tag: Hedging

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…

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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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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…

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BBA Announcement on Major Banks’ Swaps Payment Suspension Policy

The British Bankers’ Association (the “BBA”), a trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector, has announced a policy for ‘Major Banks’ which suggests such banks will consider…

Graiseley Properties Ltd (Guardian Care Homes) v Barclays Bank PLC – LIBOR Manipulation Test Case

Application to amend particulars of claim – amendment to plead implied representations (alternatively implied terms) which induced claimants to enter into swap agreements – implied representations allegedly false…

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks’ Tailored Business Loans – Terms of ‘Swaps Mis-selling’ Review

Information relating to Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks Review of Interest Rate Hedging Products (12 October 2012) PDF DOWNLOAD IntroductionA. The ReviewB. The products that we have agreed to…