HSBC fined $175m as traders use chatrooms for illicit gains
FX traders allegedly used electronic chatrooms to manipulate benchmarks and fix market prices.
Fixed income sales across top investment banks globally increased for the first time in four years in 2016.
HSBC’s global markets business reported equities revenues fell in 2016, but sales across fixed income products soared.
Non-cleared margin rules will come into effect as of March this year.
JP Morgan leads the way with top place in several categories including research and sales quality.
European Commission ends five-year investigation into Euribor manipulation.
Investigation found HSBC lacked knowledge on regulatory requirements for position limits.