Bloomberg Law
May 5, 2017, 12:50 PM UTC

BlackRock, Pimco Said to Plan New Front in Bank FX-Rigging Cases

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By Kit Chellel and Jeremy Hodges, Bloomberg News

Some of the world’s biggest investors are working with a U.S. law firm to prepare a fresh wave of litigation against banks accused of rigging foreign exchange markets.

BlackRock Inc., Pacific Investment Management Co. and hedge fund BlueCrest Capital Management are working with law firm Quinn Emanuel to recover losses they blame on the manipulation of currency benchmarks, according to two people familiar with the case, who asked not to be identified because nothing has been filed.

The target banks, including Barclays Plc, Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Royal Bank of Scotland

Group Plc and UBS Group ...

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