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Watchdog fines UBS £8m for banking fraud

05.11.09
The London arm of Swiss bank UBS was today fined £8 million by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) — the third-highest penalty ever imposed by the watchdog ... more

Watchdog censures Dresdner bonds duo

07.10.09
Two bond specialists at Dresdner Kleinwort were censured by the Financial Services Authority for insider dealing in notes issued by Barclays two years ago... 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

Darling forced to let sleeping dogs lie in reform of banks

09.07.09
If there was ever a case of the badger that didn't bark, it was Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday... more

Watchdog bankrupts mortgage fraudster

09.07.09
East London mortgage broker Sadia Nasir has been bankrupted by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after failing to pay a six-figure fine ... 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

'Insider' lawyer and father-in-law face jail

27.03.09
A City solicitor and his father-in-law have been found guilty of insider trading, and face up to seven years in jail... more

FSA insider trade fine for Falklands Speaker

04.02.09
Regulation: A top Falkland Islands politician and his shipping firm have been fined nearly £150,000 for insider trading in a rare moment of success for City watchdog the Financial Services Authority in its fight against market abuse... 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

'Steelgate' ambassador guilty over insider deal

13.11.08
Scandal: A former British ambassador at the centre of the Blair Government's "Steelgate" scandal has been found guilty of insider dealing... more

Chase fined £1.1 million for pension mis-selling

11.11.08
Pensions: One of the country’s biggest independent financial advisers has been fined more than £1 million for mis-selling pension products... 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

Who's in and who's out

21.07.08
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Winterflood will fight FSA charges after record fine

17.07.08
The City watchdog slapped its highest fine on a City firm for market abuse. Winterflood Securities has been provisionally fined £4 million... more

Body Shop techie is fined £85,000 for insider trade

01.07.08
An IT technician employed by Body Shop who was found to have hacked into his bosses' computers and shorted the retailer's shares ahead of a shock profits warning has been fined £85,000... 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

£210,000 fine for Land of Leather over policy sales

12.05.08
The Financial Services Authority clamps down on untrained salesmen selling payment protection insurance... more

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