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    • Saturday, 22 October, 2022
      UK banks
      How banks and regulators reacted to the UK bond market meltdown

      The aftermath of the crisis reveals the various ways lenders are exposed to gilt prices

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      Government veto on City rules would be ‘serious concern’, says BoE deputy

      Jon Cunliffe warns MPs that planned reforms of financial regulation risk damaging UK competitiveness

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      UK business & economy
      UK watchdogs hold crisis talks to avert gilts cliff-edge

      Pension sector regulators concerned about end of BoE support

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      Mortgages
      FCA contacts banks following huge withdrawal of mortgage deals

      The watchdog’s supervisors have spoken to banks to ensure lenders have solutions for borrowers

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
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      Consultants must hope Rees-Mogg’s Bain ban is not a sign of pain to come

      Decision to bar US consultancy from UK government contracts will worry other companies caught up in scandals

    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
      Barclays PLC
      Staley exchanged 1,200 emails with Epstein that included unexplained phrases

      Regulators flagged ‘snow white’ reference in messages between former Barclays boss and sex offender

    • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
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      Fighting for the right to party in the park

      Lockdown has raised the thorny question of who can access public spaces

    • Monday, 29 March, 2021
      Bank of England
      Bank of England clamps down on Brexit-driven EU relocations

      UK regulator concerned that continent counterparts demanding more to move than necessary

    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
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      Former FSA boss picked to police Australia’s superannuation industry

      Margaret Cole shook up how UK regulator approached enforcement

    • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
      Workplace diversity & equality
      Diversity mandates eyed by UK watchdog for listed companies’ boards

      FCA chief says financial services sector more widely also needs to tackle the issue

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      Brussels to propose Covid certificate for EU citizens to travel around bloc

    • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
      Insider trading
      Former Goldman Sachs analyst and brother face trial over insider dealing

      FCA files charges after pair allegedly made £142,000 from trading stocks

    • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
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      FCA brings money laundering charges against NatWest

      Regulator launches criminal proceedings after gold dealer Fowler Oldfield deposited £365m with bank

    • Monday, 15 March, 2021
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      As Andrew Bailey enters his second year in the job, the FT considers the challenges to come

    • Friday, 12 March, 2021
      Forex trading probes
      Citi heading to trial with forex trader

      New York judge rules lawsuit against bank alleging malicious prosecution is arguable in court

    • Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
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      Treasury committee tells Andrew Bailey to clarify whether he pressed former judge to remove his name from report into scandal

    • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
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      FCA fines former Stifel Nicolaus trader for market abuse

      Adrian Horn receives £53,000 fine and ban after being found to have made ‘wash trades’ in property investment group

    • Thursday, 16 April, 2020
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      Purchase backed by PIF and Amanda Staveley must meet strict criteria on ownership

    • Tuesday, 14 April, 2020
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      Premier League club’s owner Mike Ashley strikes accord with investor group

    • Monday, 9 March, 2020
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      Barclays: the legal fight over a company’s ‘controlling mind’

      The investigation into the bank’s actions has renewed calls for reform of laws over white-collar crime

    • Friday, 28 February, 2020
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      Barclays acquittals leave SFO facing the questions

      Verdicts raise doubts on ability to prosecute corporate crime

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
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      Epstein links leave Barclays boss in a precarious position

      Inquiry focuses on whether Staley gave accurate account of ties to disgraced financier

    • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
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      Cache of Staley-Epstein emails from JPMorgan led regulators to open probe

      US bank passed on correspondence between Barclays’ chief executive and sex offender

    • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
      Brexit
      New BoE governor makes plea to Brussels on City access

      Regulatory equivalence decision should not be political, says Bailey

    • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
      London fights for its future
      City of London may need to diverge from EU rules, BoE official says

      Central bank’s financial stability chief urges ‘good faith’ from both sides of Brexit divide

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