JPMorgan Aussie Benchmark Fixing BBSW

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SETTLED

Dennis et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al

FILING DEADLINES:

01/16/2023 ($185,875,000 ANZ Bank, BNP Paribas, CBA, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, National Australia Bank, RBC, RBS, UBS, Westpac)

CASE NUMBER:

16-CV-06496

CLASS PERIOD:

January 1, 2003 – August 16, 2016

TOTAL SETTLEMENT FUND:

$185,875,000.00

SETTLING DEFENDANTS
ANZ Bank, BNP Paribas, CBA, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, National Australia Bank, RBC, RBS, UBS, Westpac

INITIALLY DISMISSED DEFENDANTS: HAS BEEN REFILED:

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., BNP Paribas, S.A., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Credit Suisse AG, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Macquarie, National Australia Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS Group

ELIGIBLE CLASS
All persons or entities that purchased, acquired, sold, held, traded or otherwise had any interest in BBSW-Based Derivatives at any time from January 1, 2003 through August 16, 2016, inclusive. Excluded from the Settlement Class are (i) the Defendants and any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or agent of any Defendant or any co-conspirator whether or not named as a Defendant; and (ii) the United States Government.
ELIGIBLE INSTRUMENTS
U.S.-based transactions in financial instruments that were priced, benchmarked and/or settled based on BBSW (BBSW based derivatives). Examples are BSW based swaps, FRAs, AUD futures on the CME, AUD FX Forwards, Swaps, BAB futures.
Preliminary Allegations
The complaints allege that each Defendant, from January 1, 2003 through August 16, 2016, manipulated or aided and abetted the manipulation of BBSW and the prices of BBSW-Based Derivatives. For example, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants coordinated manipulative, uneconomic transactions of Prime Bank Bills during the daily BBSW “Fixing Window” in order to move the published BBSW rate in a direction that benefitted their BBSW-Based Derivatives trading positions.
Case Summary
The complaints allege manipulation of the Bank Bill Swap Rate (“BBSW”) and the prices of BBSW-Based Derivatives from January 1, 2003 through August 16, 2016, inclusive. JPMorgan, Westpac, ANZ, CBA, NAB, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, BNPP, Deutsche Bank, RBC, RBS and UBS each has denied and continues to deny each and every claim asserted against them in the Action and deny having engaged in any wrongdoing or violation of law of any kind whatsoever. They have agreed to the Settlements solely to avoid the continuing cost and burden of, and expense associated with, continued litigation.