Enforcement Watch Issue 28: April 2019 Post Editor's Note Welcome to the 28th issue of Enforcement Watch, our three times per year round up of enforcement activity and look to the horizon. Enforcement Case Highlights News FCA Issues its First Decision under Competition Law The FCA has found three asset management firms in breach of competition law and imposed fines on two of them. News FCA fines UBS and Goldman Sachs £27.6m and £34.3m respectively for transaction reporting failures On 18 March 2019 the FCA fined UBS £27.6m for failings relating to 135.8 million transaction reports between November 2007 and May 2017. News FCA fines Standard Chartered Bank £102.2 million for poor AML controls The FCA has fined Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) £102.2m for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) breaches in two higher risk areas of its business. News Tribunal's first decision in an FRA case In the first ever Focused Resolution Agreement (FRA) case to come before the Upper Tribunal, the Tribunal refused to reduce the penalty that had been imposed by the RDC. On the horizon News FCA Publishes finalised SMCR guidance for Solo Regulated Firms on Statements of Responsibility and Management Responsibilities Maps The FCA has now published finalised guidance in respect of Statements of Responsibility (SoR) and Management Responsibilities Maps (MRM) for firms authorised by the FCA only (Solo Regulated Firms). News Director of Enforcement speech on recent trends On 4 April 2019, Mark Steward (Director of Enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority) delivered a speech at the Global Investigations Review Live event covering partly contested cases, the FCA’s recent cases and AML investigations. News What the FCA business plan tells us about enforcement in the forthcoming year The FCA has published its business plan for the year 2019/20. In many respects, themes for 2019/20 are not significantly different than those in the 2018/19. Subscribe Never miss a publication by signing up to our mailing list Subscribe Enforcement Watch: Subscribe Enforcement Watch Issues Next Previous Issue 44 Sep 2024 Issue 43 May 2024 Issue 42 Jan 2024 Issue 41 Sep 2023 Issue 40 May 2023 Issue 39 Jan 2023 Issue 38 Sep 2022 Issue 37 May 2022 Issue 36 Jan 2022 Issue 35 Sep 2021 Issue 34 May 2021 Issue 33 Jan 2021 Issue 32 Sep 2020 Issue 31 Jun 2020 Issue 30 Jan 2020 Issue 29 Jul 2019 Issue 28 Apr 2019 Issue 27 Jan 2019 Issue 26 Aug 2018 Share
Post Editor's Note Welcome to the 28th issue of Enforcement Watch, our three times per year round up of enforcement activity and look to the horizon.
News FCA Issues its First Decision under Competition Law The FCA has found three asset management firms in breach of competition law and imposed fines on two of them.
News FCA fines UBS and Goldman Sachs £27.6m and £34.3m respectively for transaction reporting failures On 18 March 2019 the FCA fined UBS £27.6m for failings relating to 135.8 million transaction reports between November 2007 and May 2017.
News FCA fines Standard Chartered Bank £102.2 million for poor AML controls The FCA has fined Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) £102.2m for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) breaches in two higher risk areas of its business.
News Tribunal's first decision in an FRA case In the first ever Focused Resolution Agreement (FRA) case to come before the Upper Tribunal, the Tribunal refused to reduce the penalty that had been imposed by the RDC.
News FCA Publishes finalised SMCR guidance for Solo Regulated Firms on Statements of Responsibility and Management Responsibilities Maps The FCA has now published finalised guidance in respect of Statements of Responsibility (SoR) and Management Responsibilities Maps (MRM) for firms authorised by the FCA only (Solo Regulated Firms).
News Director of Enforcement speech on recent trends On 4 April 2019, Mark Steward (Director of Enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority) delivered a speech at the Global Investigations Review Live event covering partly contested cases, the FCA’s recent cases and AML investigations.
News What the FCA business plan tells us about enforcement in the forthcoming year The FCA has published its business plan for the year 2019/20. In many respects, themes for 2019/20 are not significantly different than those in the 2018/19.