Thursday, July 19, 2012

Screwing Each Other

The magnitude of the consequences LIBOR rigging scandal will depend on how badly the big guys were screwed.


Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Morgan Stanley are among financial firms that may bring lawsuits against their biggest rivals as regulators on three continents examine whether other banks manipulated the London interbank offered rate, known as Libor, said Bradley Hintz, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Even if Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley forgo claims on their own behalf, they oversee money-market funds that may be required to pursue restitution for injured clients, he said.


The little guys they screwed in turn, not so much.