RBS ends contribution to Singapore lending rate panels

msnbc.com, 16 Jul 2012
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland has ended its contribution to Singapore's interbank lending rate panels, as banks assess their role in a global rate setting system under heavy scrutiny.
The move by RBS comes amid a review of its markets business that has seen it withdraw from setting other such reference rates in Asia, and a global investigation into rate fixing at the London interbank lending panel. Full story