A number of current and past executives at Barclays are on a list of individuals named in documents relating to the regulatory investigation into the Libor rate-rigging scandal, court documents released on Friday showed. Guardian Care Homes, a residential care home operator based in Wolverhampton, England, is suing Barclays for up to £37 million ($58 million) in a claim that it was mis-sold interest rate hedging products which were based on Libor. The Guardian Care Homes case is the first to link a complaint over the alleged mis-selling of interest rate swaps to the investigation into attempts to manipulate Libor and other bench market interest rates. The case is already shining a light on those involved in the bank's interest rate-setting process and asking fresh questions about the involvement of senior executives in the affair. On Friday the High Court in London released a list of 25 individuals named in regulatory documents concerning the Libor investigation which have been lodged
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