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FSA forced to act as banks are deluged by PPI claims

13.06.11
Three of the big High Street banks have been so swamped by complaints from customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance that the regulator has been forced to give them more time to work through the backlog... more

FSA should be brought to book over Gartmore probe

31.03.11
When the Financial Services Authority wins an insider-dealing case, fines a firm or bans an individual from working in the City, it does so in a blaze of publicity. The press releases are pumped out. Quotes from Margaret Cole, the chief enforcer, are spread across the newspapers... more

Barclays Capital fined £1.2m over client money

26.01.11
Barclays Capital is fined £1.2 million by a watchdog days after its boss Bob Diamond says it is time for bankers to stop showing remorse... more

Former Tory treasurer firm City Index fined

20.01.11
City Index, the spread-betting firm owned by former Tory party treasurer and City bigwig Michael Spencer, has been fined £490,000 for failing to report some two million trades accurately... more

Scottish Equitable is fined £2.8m for errors

16.12.10
Scottish Equitable is fined £2.8 million and ordered to pay £60 million compensation to thousands of customers for multiple failures over the past nine years... more

49,000 contacted over worthless shares scam

07.12.10
The City watchdog is contacting more than 49,000 people to warn them that their names were on a list being used by fraudsters trying to sell worthless shares... more

Margaret Cole on board to fire up the City regulator

07.09.10
The FSA moves to beef up its board by appointing Margaret Cole, the heavyweight head of enforcement and financial crime at the City regulator, to its executive team... more

Watchdog alerted by Dana shares spike amid Knoc bid

31.08.10
The chief City watchdog has opened preliminary enquiries into unusual share dealings in Dana Petroleum before and after the £1.87 billion hostile takeover bid received from Korean state oil firm Knoc... more

Société Générale’s London arm is hit by £1.58m fine

25.08.10
The FSA slaps a £1.6 million fine on the London branch of investment bank Société Générale for financial reporting failures... more

Zurich fined £2m for loss of customers' personal data

24.08.10
Zurich Insurance hit with record £2.28 million fine for losing personal details of 46,000 policyholders, Financial Services Authority says... more

Putting the boot into back-room generals

01.07.10
At last the boardrooms of Britain are starting to fight back against the corporate governance do-gooders... more

Close Brothers fund arm CIL hit with fine

07.06.10
Close Brothers picks up its second fine this year from the City regulator as its fund management arm CIL is told to pay £98,000... more

Ex-Seymour Pierce man’s finance ban

25.05.10
A former back-office manager of stockbroker Seymour Pierce has been banned from working in financial services... more

Margaret Cole: the City ball-breaker

26.03.10
As the Financial Services watchdog gets tough with insider traders, why corrupt bankers should be very afraid of its law enforcer... more

Financial Services Authority to treble cost of fines

01.03.10
The City watchdog will treble the cost of fines with new rules that will link penalties more closely to a company's income... more

RSM Tenon Financial Services given Lehman Brothers fine

25.02.10
RSM Tenon Financial Services is fined £700,000 for selling complex Lehman Brothers investments to its wealthy clients... more

FSA gets £270,000 back for 'share scam' victims

23.02.10
Thirty-two victims of an alleged share scam will recoup a total of £270,000, the Financial Services Authority announces... more

FSA gives Turkish oil chiefs record fine for insider trading

16.02.10
Three Turkish oil executives are fined more than £1 million for market abuse, the largest punishment dished out by the Financial Services Authority for insider trading... more

Standard Life fined £2.45m for misleading pension

20.01.10
The Financial Services Authority hits Standard Life with a £2.45 million fine for “serious failings” after it misled 100,000 investors about the safety of one of its pension funds... more

FSA fines bank £7m over rogue trader

17.12.09
Toronto Dominion Bank was hit by the fourth-largest fine by the Financial Services Authority after a London rogue trader cost it more than £50 million... more

Record fine for HSBC after bank loses clients' confidential information - twice

22.07.09
HSBC has been hit by the largest-ever fine for losing confidential private information on customers - twice ... more

City crooks face heavier fines as FSA gets tough

06.07.09
Insider traders, market manipulators and financial fraudsters face much bigger fines in the future under new plans revealed by the City watchdog today ... more

Watchdog slaps a life ban on former top Buffett exec in UK

06.04.09
One of Warren Buffett's former top executives in the UK was banned for life from working in the financial services industry after a near four-year campaign by the Financial Services Authority... more

City watchdog shows its teeth with record number of fines

24.12.08
Regulation: The Financial Services Authority has imposed a record number of fines this year, with mortgage fraud high on the list of offences targeted... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

Watchdog hits subprime lender with £1.12m fine

25.09.08
Enforcement: The Financial Services Authority, have slapped a £1.12 million fine on one of the country's largest providers of subprime mortgages in a clear message to the industry that it expects it to sharpen up its act... more

Don’t cry for me Dame Marjorie

05.09.08
A report yesterday claimed the number of women in top jobs had fallen. But Antonia Cox argues not all women want to enter the corporate battlefield... more

FSA hits Credit Suisse with a £5.6m fine for rogue trading

13.08.08
Bank admitted in February that some Canary Wharf dealers had inflated the value of their trading positions... more

UK unit of Axa fined for failings on subprime

15.05.08
A UK network of home-loan arrangers owned by French financial giant Axa is fined almost £1m after an investigation into the mis-selling of subprime mortgages... more


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