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The Financial Conduct Authority will speed up probes into firms to “increase the deterrent impact of its enforcement actions”.   The City watchdog adds that it will also be more transparent when it opens and closes cases.   It says: “As part of the new approach the Financial Conduct Authority has begun a consultation

The Financial Conduct Authority has said it will carry out enforcement cases more quickly and has begun a consultation on plans to make its investigations more

Extinction Rebellion protesters have been arrested after gaining access to a series of London office buildings including the Walkie Talkie as they held demonstrations against insurance companies that cover the fossil fuel industry.

Decisions would be taken on a case-by-case basis

U.K. regulator seeks to enhance deterrence, investor confidence

Former Goldman Sachs analyst Mohammed Zina, 38, was convicted at Southwark Court on six counts of insider trading and three counts of fraud.

A convicted illegal money lender has been sentenced to almost eight years in prison for failing to pay a confiscation order. Dharam Prakash Gopee, 70, was originally convicted and sentenced to three and a half years behind bars in 2018 after being found guilty of illegally lending to vulnerable people at high rates.

Mohammed Zina received a 22-month sentence after being convicted earlier this week on six counts of insider trading and three counts of fraud.

Mohammed Zina received a 22-month sentence after being convicted earlier this week on six counts of insider trading and three counts of fraud.

Regulators have warned financial companies to be on the lookout after three London-based men were arrested on suspicion of insider dealing and money laundering.