Goldman Sachs fined £34.3m for misreporting transactions
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Goldman Sachs International (GSI) £34.3 million for failing to properly report 220.2 million transactions, reports Jane Connolly.
FCA has fined 14 firms in total for misreporting transactions
GSI was found to have not provided accurate and timely reporting relating to 220.2 million transaction reports between November 2007 and March 2017. A penalty of just over £49 million would have been imposed, had GSI not agreed to resolve the case and qualified for a 30% discount.
To date, FCA has fined 13 other firms for breaching transaction reporting rules.
Transaction reports help to underwrite market integrity, supervise firms and markets, identify potential instances of market abuse and combat financial crime.
Mark Steward, FCA executive director of enforcement and market oversight, says that all firms should be checking their systems and fixing problems promptly.
“The failings in this case demonstrate a failure over an extended period to manage and test controls that are vitally important to the integrity of our markets,” he says. “These were serious and prolonged failures.”
GSI’s total errors comprised failing to provide complete, accurate and timely information in relation to approximately 213.6 million reportable transactions and erroneously reporting 6.6 million transactions that were not actually reportable.
