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The Serious Fraud Office will launch a criminal investigation into the manipulation of the benchmark lending rate.

The resignation of Barclays CEO Bob Diamond does not lessen the possibility of criminal proceedings against those involved, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.

Chancellor George Osborne is to announce an inquiry into UK banking standards, with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) also considering launching criminal prosecutions over the LIBOR rate-fixing scandal.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its probe into property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz, following an investigation which was branded "incompetent" by a High Court judge.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is being asked to explain why it dropped a fraud investigation against a hedge fund manager who was later fined £3m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for deceiving clients.

A High Court judge has rebuked the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for "sheer incompetence" after the watchdog admitted it had "no clear record" of the information it used to obtain search warrants against property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz.

The Attorney-General has called for the first inspection of operations at the Serious Fraud Office(SFO).

National Australia Bank is in talks with NBNK, the challenger bank run by former Northern Rock's former chief executive Gary Hoffman, over a merger of its UK operations as part of a bid for the 632 branches being sold by Lloyds Banking Group, plus other...

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a high level review of the potential dangers posed by ETFs, weeks after the FSA and Bank of England expressed their own concerns.

Portugal has insisted it can cope with looming debt repayments, despite predictions from analysts it does not have enough money to meet its obligations.