Authorities in Singapore have become involved in probe into the global foreign exchange market and, according to reports, have also become the first regulator in the world to confirm the investigation is into alleged manipulation of the WM/Reuters benchmark rates.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore confirmed in an emailed statement Thursday that it was assisting foreign authorities with their probes into the market, worth $5.3 trillion a day, and has become the first regulator to confirm those probes involve the WM/Reuters benchmarks.
The benchmarks are published every hour by State Street Corp and Thomson Reuters and determine the price of foreign exchange for companies. Those benchmarks are also used to determine indexes.
Various regulators in the US and Europe have opened investigations into the allegations that traders colluded to manipulate the benchmarks.
Singapore is Asia’s largest foreign-exchange center.
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