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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
17 July 2017
Joining forces in the fight against Grand Corruption
On the 5 July 2017 Transparency International published its UK Anti-Corruption Pledge Tracker. Citing the lack of any formal accountability mechanism to accompanying last year’s Anti-Corruption Summit, Transparency International have put together a “pledge tracker” to do it themselves.
6 July 2017
Highlights from the FCA Enforcement annual performance account 2016/17
The FCA Enforcement annual performance account 2016/17 was published on 5 July 2017 as part of the FCA Annual Report. Director of Enforcement Mark Steward reinforced the Enforcement Division’s mission to open and investigate many more cases of suspected misconduct.
5 July 2017
FCA Annual Report 2016/17: conducting regulation with confidence
As far as end of term reports go the Financial Conduct Authority is pleased to give itself a pat on the back as it believes confidence in it as a regulator continues to improve.
22 June 2017
Bahamas succumbs to OECD pressure to implement the Common Reporting Standards
This month the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) proudly announced that the Bahamas was the latest “tax haven” to make the decision to sign the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters...
20 June 2017
FCA Investigations – the evolving approach
Jamie Symington, director of investigations at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) gave the keynote address at the recent Banking Litigation & Regulation Forum, in which he talked about the evolving approach to FCA investigations.