The Financial Conduct Authority questioned in a report on Thursday whether contracts for difference providers offer clients fair value under its consumer duty regime. 
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FCA Raises Consumer Duty Concerns Over CFD Providers

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority questioned in a report on Thursday whether contracts for difference providers offer clients fair value under its consumer duty regime. 

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Sweden's Biggest Bank To Pay $33M NY Fine Over AML Gaps

By Jon Hill

New York's financial services regulator has ordered Sweden's largest bank to pay a $33 million fine to resolve findings of past anti-money laundering deficiencies at its Baltic subsidiaries that allegedly exposed U.S. banks to heightened financial crimes risk.

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Curacao Bank Beats Appeal Bid Over £415M Tax Fraud Claims

By Ronan Barnard

An English appeals court denied a U.K. marketing company's liquidators permission on Thursday to challenge a ruling that a Caribbean bank and its former CEO had not dishonestly assisted a £415 million ($550 million) tax fraud.

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COMPLIANCE

Brokers Still Failing To Detect Market Abuse Risks, FCA Says

By Tom Fish

Retail brokers are still failing to detect and report potential market abuse, raising the risk that suspicious trading will go unnoticed, the Financial Conduct Authority has said.

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LITIGATION

Ex-Deloitte Exec Ekes Out Another Discrimination Win

By Hanna Vioque

A former cybersecurity executive at Deloitte has won another discrimination claim against the Big Four firm after a tribunal upheld her complaint that its delay in providing her disability support was unjustified.

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German Tax Deferral Violates EU Rules, CJEU Adviser Says

By Kevin Pinner

Germany's provision of a capital gains tax deferral only to companies with a German permanent establishment infringes on European Union rules concerning the free movement of capital, an adviser to the Court of Justice of the EU said Thursday.

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POLICY & REGULATION

FSB Wants AI Adoption Controls To Boost Financial Stability

By Tom Fish

Financial institutions should strengthen governance, risk management and human oversight to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence while controlling its risks, a global standards setter said Thursday.

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ESMA Warns Of 'Significant' Disparities In Enforcement

By Isabel Jackson

The European Securities and Markets Authority warned in a report published Thursday of a gulf in enforcement across the European Economic Area, after national regulators imposed fines totaling almost €82 million ($92 million) during 2025.

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DEALS

EQT To Buy US Property Investment Manager For $550M

By Dawood Fakhir

EQT AB said Thursday that it has agreed to buy U.S. real estate investment manager Stockbridge for up to $550 million to expand its property sectors, investment products and client base in America.

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Brief

Foley & Lardner-Led Actuary Buys Claims Consultancy

By Dawood Fakhir

Actuarial consultant Lewis & Ellis Inc. has said it has acquired specialized insurance consultant Alan Gray from insurer Premia Holdings Ltd. to expand beyond its traditional actuarial consulting business and become a broader insurance services platform.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

BCL Solicitors

Blackstone Chambers

Foley & Lardner

Fountain Court Chambers

Gowling WLG

Jones Day

Kings Chambers

Kirkland & Ellis

Mayer Brown

One Essex Court

Quinn Emanuel

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Danske Bank Group

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

EQT AB

EQT Corp.

Houlihan Lokey Inc.

Lewis & Ellis Inc.

Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

Stockbridge Capital Group LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Court of Justice of the EU

European Commission

European Securities and Markets Authority

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Stability Board

New York Department of Financial Services

U.S. Department of Justice