FSA’s Cole Wants Stiffer Penalties for Insider Dealing, FT Says
By Blanche Gatt -
2011-05-15T23:32:34Z
U.K. Financial Services Authority Business Conduct Unit’s Interim Head, Margaret Cole asked the government to increase the maximum sentence for dealing from 7 years to 10 years, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview. “A longer sentence is important because a lot of enforcement work is about sending messages that this is serious,” Cole said, according to the FT.
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