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Big banks win dismissal in US of bond rigging lawsuit

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NEW YORK: A US judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit by investors that accused nine big banks of rigging the roughly $9 trillion government agency bond market from 2005 to 2015.


In a decision made public, US District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan said the investors failed to show they were injured by conducting any specific transactions in US dollar-denominated supranational, sub-sovereign and agency bonds that were tainted by the alleged collusion.


Investors led by the Iron Workers Pension Plan of Western Pennsylvania and the Sheet Metal Workers Pension Plan of Northern California said the banks used chatrooms and other means to share pricing data and coordinate trading to boost profit, infecting “each and every” transaction.


The defendants included Barclays Plc , BNP Paribas SA, Citigroup Inc , Credit Agricole SA, Credit Suisse Group AG, HSBC Holdings Plc, Nomura Holdings Inc, Royal Bank of Canadaand Toronto-Dominion Bank .


Dan Brockett, a lawyer for the investors, said his clients plan to amend their complaint.


He also said Ramos’ decision, which is dated on August 24, does not affect Deutsche Bank AG’s and Bank of America Corp’s respective $48.5 million and $17 million settlements in the case in August 2017. — Reuters


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