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Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Marks & Spencer, SSE, Mitchells & Butlers, BT and Severn Trent.

The Financial Conduct Authority said 'poor design' and 'ineffective' real-time monitoring led to the incorrect sale of the shares across several European exchanges

A trader erroneously created an equity basket worth $444bn, of which $1.4bn made it to market before the order was cancelled

International Business News: On a public holiday in the UK, when the markets were expected to be calm, a significant trading error occurred at Citigroup. A trader on the Delta One

The erroneous trade prompted 711 pop-up warning messages in a single alert before it sparked a European selloff.

Firm's controls failed to block massive trading goof

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The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee has hit out at the Financial Conduct Authority, demanding a specific response to its request for a

The FCA used a newspaper article to mount a defence of the proposals - even as the industry stepped up its opposition via a letter.

The FCA will name some firms that are subject to enforcement investigations to reassure people that rules are upheld and integrity enforced