The tribunal hearing brought forward by former JP Morgan Cazenove chairman of capital markets Ian Hannam, following his Financial Services Authority (FSA) fine and ruling last year, has begun today.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a former compliance officer at Greenlight Capital and a trader at JP Morgan Cazenove for insider trading and market abuse.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a Dubai based private investor $9.62m (£6m) for manipulating the closing price of securities on the London Stock Exchange, in the largest fine imposed by the FSA on an individual.
A metal trader who was set to be fined and banned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for market abuse will now only be censured after the intervention of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber).
The FSA has fined Winterflood, the largest market-maker on AIM, and two of its traders £4.25m for market abuses.
A former research analyst, Robin Chhabra and his friend Sameer Patel, a spread better, have been found guilty of market collusion and fraud by the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal (the Tribunal).
The FSA has censured two senior figures at Dresdner Kleinwort for committing market abuse.
The FSA has introduced a new code of conduct to crack down on market abuse through short selling in companies undertaking rights issues.
Market misconduct ahead of major takeover deals in London is on the rise, jeopardising the City's status as an international financial centre, the FSA warns.
The FSA is investigating share trading in the UK after concerns were raised that "completely unfounded rumours" were leading to short-selling.