Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Sale of Interest Rate Swaps on Probe

The interest rate swap fiasco is still being probed by the Commerce Commission. The commission has continuously worked on investigating about the interest rate swaps. The said probe was triggered by some of the claims from farmers saying that they were having to pay too much to break free and were not happy with the confusing contracts. In August 2012, the Commerce Commission started their probe and has received a number of forty-two complaints.


The said complaints were aired in the media. The interest rate swap is allowing the clients to manage the rate of interest exposure to those who borrows. It was in 2005 that the banks were getting the market form the commercial and rural clients. Mainly, the farmers were part of the group who are seeking to have a review coming from the regulator are Federated Farmers. The president of the Fed, Bruce Wills said that the interest rate swap is a complicated.

The interest rate swap is one of the most discussed issues because it can have a huge implication affecting primary sectors. The confusion about the swap could be considered. The Spokesman, Damien O’ Conner of the Labor Primary Industry have stated that selling of finance products to the farmers that are complicated was extensive.It was noted that the regulator had already been receiving information from the complainants and the related bank will broaden the inquiries to seek for more information from those people who has interest rate swaps. The investigation is aiming to establish and see if the swaps were marketed, thus causing the customers to be misled at their own suitability, nature and risk.

Source: http://www.lastnewssite.com/finance/sale-of-interest-rate-swaps-is-on-probe/

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