Search Results for: UK Financial Conduct Authorit
FCA fines five banks £1.1 billion for FX failings
November 12th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed fines totalling £1,114,918,000 ($1.7 billion) on five banks for failing to control business practices in their G10 spot foreign exchange (FX) trading operations: Citibank N.A. £225,575,000 ($358 million), HSBC Bank Plc £216,363,000 ...
JPMorgan says improved systems and controls after FX rigging probe
November 12th, 2014
Wall Street bank JPMorgan, fined $662 million by UK and US regulators for failings in foreign exchange, said on Wednesday that it had made significant improvements to systems and controls. The bank called trader conduct described in its settlements ...
Regulators fine global banks $3.4 billion in forex probe
November 12th, 2014
Global regulators imposed penalties totaling $3.4 billion on five major banks, including UBS (UBSN.VX), HSBC (HSBA.L) and Citigroup (C.N) on Wednesday for failing to stop their traders from trying to manipulate foreign exchange markets. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and JP ...
FCA confirms price cap rules for payday lenders
November 11th, 2014
People using payday lenders and other providers of high-cost short-term credit will see the cost of borrowing fall and will never have to pay back more than double what they originally borrowed, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed today. ...
Credit Without Banks: Shadow Banking
November 10th, 2014
One of the vivid lessons of the 2007-2009 recession and financial crisis is that in the modern economy, one can’t just think about the financial sector as made up of banks and the stock market. Other financial institutions can ...
Former Moore Capital trader pleads guilty to insider dealing
November 10th, 2014
In a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Julian Rifat a former senior execution trader at Moore Capital Management LLC has today pleaded guilty to an indictment reflecting 8 instances of insider dealing. Profits from the dealing exceeded ...
FCA warning against clone firm
November 10th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning to alert all recipients that: BlackRock Wealth Partners / BlackRock Wealth / BlackRock Wealth Group / BlackRock-Wealth SA (clone of FCA authorised firm) Address: One Canada Square, 37th ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
November 7th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “Taito Securities Group“(www.taitosec.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since is not permitted to provide any financial services ...
Temporary prohibition of short selling: Portugal Telecom
November 5th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instrument under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firms
November 5th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against Prime Financial Management Services Limited (www.primefms.com), “Wolffe Commodities” (www.wolffecommodities.eu), “Aspen Greene Ltd” (www.aspengreene.com) and The Cash Monkey Ltd (http://www.thecashmonkey.net/) The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution ...
