UBS Approaches Rate-Rigging Deal

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 2:39PM EDT / Published Dec. 03, 2012 7:01AM EST

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Check their math. Swiss banking behemoth UBS might be close to striking a deal with authorities in Britain and the United States over a rate-fixing investigation that rattled the financial industry earlier this year. The bank may reportedly fork over as much as $450 million after allegations that its employees manipulated interest rates to increase profits for the bank. UBS’s total fines to settle rate-rigging suspicions may mark the largest total paid by any financial institution to date as a result of the scandal. Barclays agreed to a $450 million settlement in June.

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UBS Approaches Rate-Rigging Deal

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