The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) has directed the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to fine Swift Trade, a non-FSA authorised Canadian company with global operations, £8m for market abuse.
Ian Hannam, the chairman of capital markets at JP Morgan Cazenove, has resigned after the FSA proposed to fine him £450,000 for market abuse.
Recent high profile FSA enforcement actions have lent weight to the regulator's vow to police market participants more rigorously.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a former compliance officer at David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital and a trader at JP Morgan Cazenove for insider trading and market abuse.