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Subject 1.5 QUADRLLION DOLLAR SHITSTORM......EU accuses 13 banks of DERIVATIVES COLLUSION...CITI,GOLDMAN SACHS,BARCLAYS,HSBC,JP MORGAN RBS...ALL OF EM
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Collusion is an agreement between two or more parties, sometimes illegal and therefore secretive, to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading, or defrauding others of their legal rights, or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically by defrauding or gaining an unfair advantage. It is an agreement among firms or individuals to divide a market, set prices, limit production or limit opportunities.[1] It can involve "wage fixing, kickbacks, or misrepresenting the independence of the relationship between the colluding parties".[2] In legal terms, all acts affected by collusion are considered void



[link to www.bangkokpost.com] The European Commission said on Monday it suspected that 13 top investment banks including Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, colluded over derivatives trading in breach of EU antitrust rules.




A preliminary investigation showed that banks colluded to exclude exchanges from the over-the-counter market because they feared involvement by the exchanges "would have reduced their revenues from acting as intermediaries," the Commission said.

The banks instead allegedly continued over-the-counter trading in the massive credit default swaps (CDS) market between 2006 and 2009 -- an opaque business that was seen as contributing to the global financial crisis, the Commission said in a statement.

The EU's Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said the banks would now have the chance to respond to the accusations, and that if the charges were confirmed once the investigation was completed they could face fines.

"If it is confirmed that banks collectively blocked exchanges from the derivatives market, the Commission could decide to impose sanctions," Almunia said at a press briefing.

"Exchange trading of credit derivatives improves market transparency and stability," he said, adding that collusion between the banks to prevent this type of trading would be "a serious breach of our competition rules".
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