FCA issues Barclays CEO with fine for conduct surrounding anonymous letter

Begun investigating in April 2017

Natalie Kenway
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have proposed Barclays' group CEO Jes Staley should pay a financial penalty for breaching individual conduct rules when he tried to identify the author of an anonymous letter to the bank in 2016.

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