Korea Fines Bond Dealers Record $1.2 Billion Over Collusion
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South Korea’s antitrust regulator imposed a record 1.63 trillion won ($1.2 billion) fine on more than a dozen domestic banks and brokerages for colluding in government bond auctions over more than three years, following a yearlong investigation.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same South Korean regulator fine on bond dealers for bond auction collusion, with the same 1.6 trillion won figure expressed as $1.2 billion and details added.
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