Examples of First FX Transaction in a sentence
The funds used for the Second FX Transaction comprised a portion of the funds which had been converted into USD by the First FX Transaction; the sum of approximately USD 68 million was converted to EUR 50,040,473, generating a total commission of USD 1,062,000.
The contact report was incorrectly dated 7 August 2010, was filed on JBI’s system on 19 August 2010, and appears to have been drafted after the First FX Transaction took place (see paragraph 4.26 below).
As mentioned in paragraph 4.27 above, on 16 August 2010, Ms Whitestone emailed BJB Compliance, Mr Seiler and Mr Raitzin, copying in the JBI Line Manager, providing details of the First FX Transaction.
For example, he was present at the meetings on 7 July 2010 at which the key terms of the arrangements were negotiated; he was present in JBI’s offices, when the First FX Transaction took place in August 2010; and he was present at the meeting on 13 October 2010, when further retrocessions and amendments to the terms of the arrangements were discussed.
Also on 19 August 2010, a member of BJB’s Business & Operational Risk Division emailed BJB Compliance and stated that their attention had been drawn to the First FX Transaction.
The trading approach (which mirrored that adopted in the First FX Transaction and was agreed with Mr Feldman) involved a large daily rate range and Fair Oaks paying just above the worst rate available in the market, so that the spread between that and the rate at which Julius Baer transacted would cover both the commission required by Julius Baer and a further commission payment which would be made to Mr Merinson as Finder.
He also questioned the apparent lack of an investment strategy (noting that the Second FX Transaction used a portion of the funds from the First FX Transaction).
The Authority has not seen any evidence that either Mr Seiler or Mr Raitzin questioned the commercial rationale of Yukos Capital in agreeing the First FX Transaction or what interest Yukos Capital would have in maximising the commission payable.
Mr Feldman’s submission that the high charges for the First FX Transaction reflected BJB’s interest in being remunerated for taking the political risk of having Yukos as a client ignores the fact that 80% of the amount charged was paid to Mr Merinson and shared with Mr Feldman.
In addition, the documents disclosed show that senior people in BJB other than Mr Seiler and Mr Raitzin were considering whether Mr Feldman had a conflict of interest in relation to the First FX Transaction.