Competition Commission And Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Ltd; BNP Paribas; JP Morgan Chase and Co; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd; Standard New York Securities Inc.; Investec Ltd; Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd; Nomura International PLC; Standard Charted Bank; Credit Suisse Group; Commerzbank AG; Macquaire Bank Ltd; HSBC Bank PLC; Citibank N.A; ABSA Bank Ltd; Barclays Capital Inc.; Barclays Bank PLC;HSBC Bank USA, National Association Inc; Merrill Lynch Peirce Fenner and Smith Inc; Bank of America, N.A; Investec Bank Ltd; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; Nedbank Group Ltd; Nedbank Ltd; Firstrand Ltd; Firstrand Bank Ltd; Standard Americas Inc

Case number: CR212Feb17/JOI136Sep20

Case parties:

Applicant: Competition Commission Applicant: BNP Paribas (Second) Respondent: Barclays Bank PLC (Eighteenth) Respondent: Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (Eighth) Respondent: Credit Suisse Group (Eleventh) Respondent: Citibank N.A (Fifteenth) Respondent: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (Fifth) Respondent: Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Ltd (First) Respondent: HSBC Bank PLC (Fourteenth) Respondent: JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A (Fourth) Respondent: HSBC Bank USA, National Association INC (Nineteenth) Respondent: Nomura International PLC (Ninth) Respondent: Barclays Capital Inc (Seventeenth) Respondent: Investec Limited (Seventh) Respondent: ABSA Bank Ltd (Sixteenth) Respondent: Standard New York Securities Inc. (Sixth) Respondent: Standard Charted Bank (Tenth) Respondent: JP Morgan Chase and CO (Third) Respondent: Macquaire Bank Ltd (Thirteenth) Respondent: Commerzbank AG (Twelfth) Respondent: Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc (Twentieth) Respondent: Standard Americas Inc (Twenty-Eighth) Respondent: Nedbank Limited (Twenty-Fifth) Respondent: Bank of America N.A. (Twenty-First) Respondent: Nedbank Group Limited (Twenty-Fourth) Respondent: Investec Bank Limited (Twenty-Second) Respondent: FirstRand Bank Limited (Twenty-Seventh) Respondent: RMB Holdings Limited (Twenty-Sixth) Respondent: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LL (Twenty-Third)

Case type: Interlocutory Application
Procedural matter: Joinder Application
Case status: Reasons Issued
Outcome: Dismissed
Order date: 2023-03-30
Sector: Financial and insurance activities
Industry: Security and commodity contracts brokerage
Relevant market: Market for spot trades in relation to USD/ZAR pair trading
Competition Tribunal Members: Andreas Wessels, Mondo Blessing Mazwai, Yasmin Carrim

Case Files

Order and Reasons for Decision (Public Version) (Interlocutory Applications 2023)

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