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UK fraud authority investigation into BVI company prompts wider probe of structured finance, swaps

August 4, 2009 : Permalink

Caribbean Net News – The UK Serious Fraud Office is investigating sales of credit-default swaps and structured-finance products, including collateralized debt obligations, prior to the credit crisis, following up an earlier investigation into a hedge fund and a related British Virgin […]

U.K. Probing Hedge Funds, Structured Finance Amid Fraud Concern

August 3, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – The U.K. Serious Fraud Office is investigating sales of structured-finance products such as credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations prior to the global financial crisis. The SFO is looking into whether banks that sold the products knew […]