British regulators now oversee the rate-setting process for the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, a key benchmark at the center of the scandals.
The S&P 500 is the key benchmark to which most domestic mutual funds managers are compared.
American ten-year bond yields fell to below 4%.After rising to a record $59.70 a barrel, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, a key benchmark, slipped back to $58.Many European stockmarkets, including London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, hit new 2005 highs during the week.
He noted that Iraq's government was "sharing oil revenues with the provinces" without mentioning that discussions on a draft law to institutionalize the process — a key benchmark dictated by Congress — appear to have collapsed.
Mr. Jenkins took over as chief executive from Robert E. Diamond Jr., who resigned in July after Barclays agreed to pay $450 million to settle charges that it had tried to manipulate a key benchmark, the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.
While much of the scrutiny surrounding interest rate manipulation has centered on Barclays, regulators have said that traders at the big British bank colluded with rivals to influence a key benchmark.
It is a key benchmark in the financial services industry and is used to set the price of hundreds of trillions of dollars of contracts across the world, including some mortgages and loans to businesses.
The Greek government's ability to make a good impression on its coming road show to America and Asia next month will also be a key benchmark.
In June, Barclays agreed to pay $450 million to settle accusations by American and British authorities that it tried to manipulate the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, a key benchmark.
The British bank was accused of trying to manipulate the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, a key benchmark that affects the cost of trillions of dollars in loans.
