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The Financial Conduct Authority fines FXCM UK £4 million for making ‘unfair profits’ and not being open with the FCA
Not only did FXCM UK fail to treat its customers fairly or correctly apply our rules, I am particularly disappointed that it was not transparent in its dealings with the FCA. ... The relevant FCA principles for business:. A firm must pay due regard to -
Stretchy Finance UK Ltd and/or Stretchy Loans UK Ltd (clone) (clone of FCA authorised firm)
Stretchy Finance UK Ltd and/or Stretchy Loans UK Ltd (clone) (clone of FCA authorised firm) is not authorised or registered by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK, claiming to be an authorised firm. Find out why you should be wary of -
High Court finds that 24HR Trading Academy unlawfully advised on investments and unlawfully promoted CFD trading
The High Court has delivered a summary judgement ruling that 24HR Trading Academy Limited contravened the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) by providing unauthorised investment advice to consumers via WhatsApp messages. -
Implementing MiFID II – multi-firm review of research unbundling reforms
Our rules to implement the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II require asset managers to explicitly pay for third-party research, and brokers to price and provide research separately. These are the findings of our review on how -
FCA fines Sigma Broking Limited £530,000 and bans and fines its former directors following market abuse reporting failures
Sigma Broking Limited (Sigma) has been fined £531,000 for failing to make reports crucial in fighting potential market abuse and three directors have been fined amounts totalling over £200,000, two of whom have also been prohibited. -
FCA fines Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited £7.6 million for further failures in its anti-money laundering systems and controls
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited (GT Bank) £7,671,800 for serious weaknesses in its anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls between October 2014 and July 2019. -
Wholesale banks and asset management cyber multi-firm review findings
In late 2017 and early 2018 we carried out a cyber multi-firm review with a sample of 20 firms in the asset management and wholesale banking sectors. The firms we selected varied in terms of their size, scale, operating models and geography. These -
The FCA’s new competition powers: what do they mean for the financial services industry?
Speech by Deb Jones, director of competition at the FCA, at a Scottish Financial Enterprise lunch, hosted by Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, Edinburgh. This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ from the delivered version. -
LIBOR and the FCA's powers under the UK Benchmarks Regulation: questions and answers
In September 2021, we published information for firms to help manage an orderly wind-down of LIBOR. We explain this as well as information about our UK Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) powers. -
PS19/24: Illiquid assets and open-ended funds and feedback to Consultation Paper CP18/27
This Policy Statement summarises the feedback received to our consultation on illiquid assets and open-ended funds. It sets out our final rules relating to disclosure, liquidity management and suspension of dealing, as originally proposed in CP18/27.