| US authorities open investigations into banks including HSBC and Barclays over possible rigging of precious metals benchmarks. The world's biggest banks are still reeling from the consequences of the Libor and foreign exchange scandals, but US authorities are now investigating the possibility of more rigging.
Several banks are being scrutinised over how they set influential benchmarks in the markets for gold, silver, platinum and palladium in London, with at least 10 under investigation from the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to reports...............................................Full Article: Source
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