- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2022-10-07T19:05:00
London-based brokerage firm Sigma Broking was fined 531,000 pounds (U.S. $589,000) for failing to report certain transactions to the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Three of Sigma’s directors were fined an additional total of more than £200,000 (U.S. $222,000).
The FCA said from 2014-16, Sigma did not report, or failed to report accurately, 56,000 contracts for difference (CFD) transactions as required. Sigma also failed to report 97 suspicious transactions, the FCA said Thursday.
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