14 Market Abuse Cases

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Market abuse — UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

The Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory remit covers a wide variety of financial instruments and activities. Those wide powers, in combination with regulatory flexibility, is now badly needed. This chapter discusses some selected regulatory decisions and benchmark cases on market abuse. These regulatory decisions cover the following cases: Robert Middlemiss, Arif Mohammed, Peter Bracken, Michael Thomas Davies, Shell, Evolution Beeson Gregory and Christopher Potts, Robin Mark Hutchings, Jason Smith, and Indigo Capital LLC and Robert Johan Henri Bonnier, David Isaacs, Jonathan Malins, GLG Partners LP and Philippe Jabré, Sean Pignatelli, Woolworths Group Plc, Stewart McKegg, and Boyen and Boyen. The benchmark cases include Barclays Bank plc, UBS, other LIBOR Penalties; and foreign exchange, commodity and ISDAfix.