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Regulatory penalties triple to combat bad behaviour

More than $26bn in fines has been levied by global financial watchdogs since 2012, a regtech has found

Regulatory penalties triple to combat bad behaviour
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Fines levied by financial services regulators for industry misconduct have risen threefold since 2016, according to data compiled by regtech firm Corlytics.

Watchdogs in the US, UK, Europe and Asia-Pacific issued penalties totalling $1.85bn for wrongdoing — including insider trading and market abuse — in the nine months to September 2017, up from $630m in the first three quarters of 2016, Corlytics said.

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