Search Results for: UK Financial Conduct Authorit
HSBC pays out £28m over money-laundering claims
June 5th, 2015
Geneva prosecutor agrees to close investigation into HSBC in return for the financial settlement HSBC has been ordered to pay a record 40m Swiss francs (£28m) and been given a final warning by the Geneva authorities for “organisational deficiencies” which ...
SEC Announces Charges Against Compliance Director Accused of Defrauding Investors and Stealing Brokerage Firm Assets
May 29th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a Long Island man accused of fleecing investors and stealing money from a brokerage firm where he worked as the director of compliance. The SEC’s Enforcement Division alleges that ...
Top news of the day, May 26
May 26th, 2015
1. Binary options – potential changes in regulation. At present binary options are regulated by the UK’s Gambling Commission, but only if the firm has remote gambling equipment located in Britain. If this is not the case, any binary ...
FCA fines set to dip below record despite Libor and forex penalties
May 26th, 2015
Last week’s record £284.4m penalty imposed on Barclays for its part in the foreign exchange rate rigging scandal came just weeks after a £226.8m fine on Deutsche Bank The Financial Conduct Authority’s income from fines is set to fall ...
FCA publishes terms of reference for its investment and corporate banking market study
May 22nd, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the issues it will focus on as part of its market study into competition in investment and corporate banking. These markets are a cornerstone of the UK economy, helping companies raise ...
Legal troubles continue to brew despite FX settlement
May 21st, 2015
European Banks embroiled in the FX rigging scandal saw their shares rise yesterday after regulatory fines came in lower than unexpected, despite further legal woes looming on the horizon in UK courts. FTSE-listed Barclays rose 3.37 per cent and RBS increased 1.78 per ...
FCA fines Barclays £284,432,000 for forex failings
May 20th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a financial penalty of £284,432,000 on Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) for failing to control business practices in its foreign exchange (FX) business in London. This is the largest financial penalty ever imposed ...
Plus500 says accounts may unlock today after temporary ban sent share price plunging
May 20th, 2015
ODEY Asset Management has lifted its stake in beleaguered spread-betting firm Plus500 to 14 per cent, as the forex trading website says it will begin to unlock frozen UK accounts as early as today. The Israel-based tech firm was ...
Barclays to settle £2bn forex case
May 18th, 2015
BARCLAYS Bank is closing in on a major £2bn settlement with regulators around the world, drawing to a close its role in the deeply damaging foreign exchange markets rigging scandal. The bank, whose chief executive is Antony Jenkins, is attempting ...
AETOS has its FCA license with variation of permission to hold the clients’ money
May 13th, 2015
Having been licensed and regulated by the FCA (the Financial Conduct Authority, with registration number 592778) in the UK for 2 years, AETOS has its FCA license with variation of permission (VOP) to hold clients’ money based on its ...
