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  LIBOR Case Subpoenas Expand to 16 Banks

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

  Now the list of subpoenaed banks has expanded to a total of 16, including Société Générale and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and more attorneys general are coming in on the investigation.

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  Foreign Exchange Market Backs Away From Risk

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 22, 2012

  The practice of borrowing in low-yielding currencies to take advantage of higher yields in others is not as common as it has been.

• Turkey Plans ‘Wall Street of Istanbul’

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 18, 2012

  With a $2.6 billion investment, an Istanbul suburb will be transformed into a sparkling ménage of high-rise buildings, a symbol of Turkey’s resumption of a position of power on the global commercial stage.

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  Merkel Backs Conditions for ECB Bond Buying

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

  Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany voiced her approval for the need for conditions attached to any bond purchases by the ECB.

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  Swiss Banks Giving Up Employees to IRS, DOJ

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 16, 2012

  Thousands of employees of Swiss banks are finding that their employers are hanging them out to dry in exchange for hoped-for leniency in connection with American accounts involved in a tax evasion investigation.

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  Standard Chartered CEO Comes to New York

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 14, 2012

  Peter Sands, the CEO of Standard Chartered, is in New York and is prepared to attend a hearing ordered by the state’s Department of Financial Services on whether the bank should lose its charter to operate there.

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  Asian Millionaires Shun Wealth Managers

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2012

  Wealthy Asians have lost confidence in not just private banks but also investment products and low returns since the market woes of 2008.

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  U.K. Recession Deepens

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 25, 2012

  As the world counts down to the opening of the Olympic Games in London on Friday, Londoners—and others in Britain—are dealing with an economy that in Q2 of this year slowed considerably more than expected.

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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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  Spain Auction Beats Target

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 7, 2012

  Although yields were at a high not seen since November, Spain exceeded its target at a Thursday bond sale, easing fears that financial markets were closed to the country.