U.S. CFTC orders BNP Paribas to pay $90 million penalty for rate-rigging

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal regulators on Wednesday ordered BNP Paribas to pay a $90 million (69.22 million pounds)civil penalty after settling charges against BNP Paribas Securities Corp [BNPPSS.UL] for attempted manipulation of the ISDAfix benchmark.Companies and investors use ISDAfix to price swaps transactions, commercial real estate mortgages and structured debt securities.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission order found that BNP Paribas attempted to manipulate the benchmark to..