UTTC MARKET ABUSE – share price manipulation – whether demonstrate- yes – FSMA s 118 – whether entering into contracts for difference knowing counterparty would hedge by placing orders for stocks amounts to behaviour ‘in relation to’ qualifying investments – yes- whether open to FSA to take action against dissolved Canadian corporation regulated in Canada and with no place of business in United Kingdom – yes- scale of penalty- reference dismissed.
Citations:
[2013] UKUT B2 (TCC)
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Statutes:
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 118
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Financial Services
Updated: 06 February 2022; Ref: scu.509163