Credit Agricole

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  Six Banks Set LIBOR

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 8, 2012

  In the wake of the scandal that revealed LIBOR under manipulation by banks all over the world, the benchmark lending rate is suffering a credibility gap even as a smaller core group of banks contributes to setting the rate.

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  French Banks’ Trading Assets Create ‘Systemic Risk’

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 3, 2012

  The investment banking units of BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Credit Agricole and Natixis hold 2.05 trillion euros ($2.64 trillion) in trading assets.

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  Sandy Weill Wants Banks Small Again, Chris Dodd Wants Them Big

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  July 26, 2012

  If politics makes strange bedfellows, it also makes for strange adversaries.

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  Traders May Face Criminal Charges Over LIBOR

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 23, 2012

  U.S. and European authorities are said to be close to making arrests and bringing criminal charges in the LIBOR manipulation scandal.

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  Regulators Question Interest Rates From Sweden to Singapore

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 19, 2012

  Regulators are questioning how interest rates are set across the globe—not just LIBOR and EURIBOR, but also various in-country rates.

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  Morgan Deemed ‘Winner’ in Moody’s Bank-Rating Massacre

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne, Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  June 22, 2012

  Fifteen banks in the U.S., U.K. and Europe with global capital markets operations saw their ratings cut by Moody’s, some by as many as three notches.

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  BlackRock to Plan Asia Investment Fund with CIC

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2012

  BlackRock is said to be planning to launch an Asia investment fund together with China Investment Corp., China’s sovereign wealth fund.

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  Yields, Demand Both up on Spanish Bonds

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2012

  While investors may be jittery about Spain’s financial condition, they jumped on higher yields to scoop up bonds at an auction beyond what Madrid had hoped to sell.

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  Market Will Set Yuan Level: China

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 12, 2012

  Investors have been expecting a reduction in how much cash must be kept at PBOC by commercial lenders, after required reserve ratios were cut in November and again in February to lower them from their record high in June of 21.5%.

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  Greek Debt Crisis Weighs on Banks

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 23, 2012

  Europe’s banks are tallying up the losses from Greek sovereign debt, and the picture is not a pretty one. Euro losses in the billions are taking a toll on earnings and banks are posting heavy hits in the midst of a need to find additional capital to meet new banking...