偷鸡不着蚀把米 巴克莱被罚巨款
巴克莱银行操作拆放利率调查尘埃落定，定下天价罚款的负责人讲述案中各种牵扯。
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Gary Gensler
Barclays Bank
Commodities and Futures Trading Commission
London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor)
文中涉及的罚款数额使用连字符
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答疑：shenyubinhttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201207/20120708065858949329.mp3Well, if the financial markets are like the Wild West and the evidence of recent days would certainly seem to suggest that they are, then Gary Gensler is the sheriff. He's the man who slapped the vast British bank Barclays with a 450-million-dollar fine for attempting to rig interest rates. He's in charge of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission - the US regulator which initiated the investigation into activities at Barclays back in 2008. But the interest rate Barclays attempted to manipulate, the so-called London Interbank Offered Rate or Libor, is set in, as the name suggests, London. So I wanted to know why on earth did it take a US regulator to spot a problem in the UK.
"What we found was very pervasive at Barclays Bank. They were both attempting to manipulate this rate for profit, the profit of their trade index in Tokyo, London and New York. They were also trying to help others what we Americans called aiding and abetting. And there's a number of other banks they were trying to help. But they were also, during the centre of the crisis, falsely reporting the rates so that they could keep their reputation in check, or so they thought. And this really is not allowed. This is against the law and that's why we brought the case and settled it as we did last week."如果说金融市场好比美国荒野西部，那么近来的证据恰好证实了这一点，盖里·詹斯勒是司法长官。他使得庞大的英国巴克莱银行因涉嫌操纵利率而遭到4.5亿美元的罚款。他目前掌管期货交易委员会——作为美国的监管机构在2008年启动了对巴克利行为的调查。但是巴克莱试图操纵的利率，被称为伦敦同业银行拆放利率，顾名思义背景是伦敦。那么我想知道究竟是什么原因促使一个美国的监管机构要揭露英国的问题。
“我们所发现的问题在巴克莱银行非常普遍。他们不仅试图通过操纵伦敦地区的利率获得利润，还图谋其在东京、伦敦和纽约的贸易指数利润。他们还试图拉拢其他人，也就是我们美国人所说的同谋，他们试图援助的银行有一大批。但是这场危机期间，他们还误报利率以便维持他们在外的声誉，至少他们认为这可以。但这是绝对不容许的，是违法的，这也是我们为什么会揭露这一事件，并在上周使其尘埃落地。”
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