Authorities have sharpened scrutiny of financial benchmarks around the world since slapping large fines on some of the world's biggest banks for rigging interest rate benchmarks.
The European Commission said on Tuesday (14 May) it was investigating major oil companies over suspected anti-competitive agreements related to submission of prices to leading oil pricing agency Platts, a unit of McGraw Hill Group .
Les autorités européennes sont descendues dans les bureaux de grandes compagnies pétrolières telles que BP, Shell et Statoil dans le cadre d’une enquête sur des soupçons de manipulation des prix du pétrole. Il s’agit de l’une des actions transfrontalières les plus importantes depuis le scandale du Libor.
EurActiv.com with Reuters