Tom Hayes’ Industry Ban Dropped by FCA After UK Conviction Tossed

Tom Hayes following a Bloomberg Radio interview in London, on July 24.

Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg

The UK Financial Conduct Authority dropped an attempt to ban former Libor trader Tom Hayes from the banking industry days after the country’s top court overturned his criminal conviction.

In a statement Friday, the FCA said that the conviction had formed the basis of its civil case against Hayes. The regulator also said it was dropping a similar suit against Carlo Palombo, another trader whose conviction was overturned along with Hayes’.