Banks fined $20m in junk bond probe

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank are among four banks to have been fined $20m (€16m) over allegations that they overcharged institutional clients buying high-yield bonds.

The National Association of Securities Dealers, the US regulator, said that Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Miller Tabak Roberts will each pay $5m in fines and restitution following an investigation into high-yield bond trading and price manipulation in the US.

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