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2024-07-11 | Current Affairs

U.K. Overhauls Stock Listing Rules to Boost Competitiveness

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has implemented significant new regulations to modernize how companies list on the London Stock Exchange, marking the most substantial overhaul in the past thirty years.  This move aims to enhance London’s appeal as a global financial hub, particularly in its competition with New York and the European Union post-Brexit.

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2024-05-17 | Current Affairs

Former ‘Love Island’ Stars Charged for Promoting Trading Scheme 

The FCA has charged nine former reality TV stars, including several from Love Island, with promoting an unauthorized financial trading scheme on Instagram. 

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2024-02-26 | Current Affairs

FCA’s Goldman Conviction: A Wake-Up Call for City of London 

Today’s News  Mohammed Zina, the 35-year-old former Goldman Sachs analyst, found himself in a state of despair at London’s Southwark Crown Court when the jury foreperson pronounced “guilty” nine times, marking the culmination of a nearly three-month trial on charges of insider dealing and fraud. Dressed sharply, Zina, whose promising banking career had taken a […]

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2024-01-12 | Current Affairs

FCA Investigates Car Dealer Commission Deals 

Today’s News  The U.K.’s top financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has initiated an inquiry into historical commission agreements by car dealers, a move that could result in over GBP 1 billion (USD 1.27 bn) in compensation payouts for British auto lenders. The investigation focuses on interest-linked deals offered by motor finance companies, prompted […]