John Bramhall & Eleanor Mumford-Smith delve into regulatory investigations, whistleblowing & bribery
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Regulatory investigations and prosecutions now dominate the broadsheet business sections in a way previously unheard of—energy market rigging, manipulation of LIBOR, and maybe next, ISDA fixing. In June 2013, the criminal investigations arising out of the alleged manipulation of LIBOR led to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charging former UBS trader, Tom