Πρόστιμο ύψους έως 500 εκατ. στερλινών (804 εκατ. δολ.) πιθανόν να κληθεί να καταβάλει η Royal Bank of Scotland την επόμενη εβδομάδα για τον ρόλο της στο σκάνδαλο χειραγώγησης του Libor, σύμφωνα με άτομα προσκείμενα στο θέμα τα οποία επικαλείται το Bloomberg.
Παράλληλα, ίσως ζητηθεί η αποχώρηση δύο στελεχών της τράπεζας – του επικεφαλής επενδυτικής τραπεζικής, Τζον Χάρικαν και του επικεφαλής αγορών, Πίτερ Νίλσεν – που θεωρείται ότι είχαν ευθύνη για τα τμήματα της RBS που εμπλέκονται στο σκάνδαλο.
Το πρόστιμο θα είναι το δεύτερο μεγαλύτερο που επιβάλουν οι αρχές σε τράπεζα για την υπόθεση χειραγώγησης του διατραπεζικού επιτοκίου Libor. Υπενθυμίζεται ότι τον Δεκέμβριο επιβλήθηκε πρόστιμο 1,5 δισ. δολαρίων στην ελβετική UBS, ενώ τον περασμένο Ιούνιο είχε επιβληθεί πρόστιμο 290 εκατ. στερλινών στην Barclays.
source: naftemporiki.gr
Bank of America on Monday announced roughly $11.6 billion of settlements with mortgage finance company Fannie Mae and a $1.8 billion sale of collection rights on home loans, in a series of deals meant to help the bank move past its disastrous 2008 purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp.
The settlements and transactions and other charges will result in Bank of America posting only a small profit for 2012's fourth quarter. The bank is due to report results Jan. 17.
Bank of America is paying $3.6 billion to Fannie Mae and buying back $6.75 billion of bad loans from the mortgage company to clear up all claims that government-owned Fannie Mae had made against the bank.
Fannie Mae and its sibling, Freddie Mac, have been pushing banks to buy back loans they sold to the two companies that never should have been sold to them because the loans did not meet the companies' criteria for purchasing.
Bank of America said most of the settlement would be covered by reserves, and another $2.5 billion, before taxes, that it set aside in the fourth quarter.
A separate settlement over foreclosure delays will result in Bank of America paying $1.3 billion to Fannie Mae, the mortgage company said. Bank of America had already set aside money to cover most of that, but took another $260 million charge in the fourth quarter to cover the balance.
Bank of America also sold the rights to collect payments on about $306 billion of loans to Nationstar Mortgage Holdings and Walter Investment Management Corp. Nationstar is paying $1.3 billion for the right to service some $215 billion of loans, while Walter Investment is paying $519 million for the right to service about $93 billion of mortgages
The settlements and transactions and other charges will result in Bank of America posting only a small profit for 2012's fourth quarter. The bank is due to report results Jan. 17.
Bank of America is paying $3.6 billion to Fannie Mae and buying back $6.75 billion of bad loans from the mortgage company to clear up all claims that government-owned Fannie Mae had made against the bank.
Fannie Mae and its sibling, Freddie Mac, have been pushing banks to buy back loans they sold to the two companies that never should have been sold to them because the loans did not meet the companies' criteria for purchasing.
Bank of America said most of the settlement would be covered by reserves, and another $2.5 billion, before taxes, that it set aside in the fourth quarter.
A separate settlement over foreclosure delays will result in Bank of America paying $1.3 billion to Fannie Mae, the mortgage company said. Bank of America had already set aside money to cover most of that, but took another $260 million charge in the fourth quarter to cover the balance.
Bank of America also sold the rights to collect payments on about $306 billion of loans to Nationstar Mortgage Holdings and Walter Investment Management Corp. Nationstar is paying $1.3 billion for the right to service some $215 billion of loans, while Walter Investment is paying $519 million for the right to service about $93 billion of mortgages
source: chicagotribune.com
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