Barclays enlists outside help in dark pools probe

Barclays Plc (BARC.L) said it is bringing in outside help to speed up an investigation into alleged misconduct in its "dark pool" operations, which have rekindled concerns that the cost of past problems at its investment bank will rise. More than 2 billion pounds ($3.4 billion) was wiped off Barclays' market value on Thursday after New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the British bank, accusing it of trying to grab extra profits from its alternative trading system while promising to get the best possible prices for customers. Barclays' dark pool business, called LX, originally belonged to Lehman Brothers, the investment bank that collapsed in 2008. Barclays subsequently bought Lehman's U.S. business.



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