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FCA fines Charles Schwab £9m for failing to protect client assets
US investment giant also failed to get correct permissions and made a false statement
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Charles Schwab UK £9m for failing to protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA.
The breaches all affected retail investors, which the FCA said require the greatest level of protection, and took place between August 2017 and April 2019, according to a press release issued on Monday morning.
FCA executive director of enforcement and market oversight Mark Steward said: “Charles Schwab UK failed to get the correct permissions from the FCA; then failed to be open with us and, finally, failed to put in place the necessary safeguards to ensure, if required, there could be an orderly return of client assets.
UK Financial Conduct Authority Fines Charles Schwab UK £8.96 Million Over Safeguarding And Compliance Failures Date
21/12/2020
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Charles Schwab UK Ltd (CSUK) £8.96 million for failing to adequately protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA.
Customers affected by the breaches were all retail customers, who require the greatest level of protection.
Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA, said:
‘Charles Schwab UK failed to get the correct permissions from the FCA; then failed to be open with us and, finally, failed to put in place the necessary safeguards to ensure, if required, there could be an orderly return of client assets.
Financial Conduct Authority
FCA fines Charles Schwab UK £8.96 million over safeguarding and compliance failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Charles Schwab UK Ltd (CSUK) £8.96 million for failing to adequately protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA.
Customers affected by the breaches were all retail customers, who require the greatest level of protection.
Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA, said:
‘Charles Schwab UK failed to get the correct permissions from the FCA; then failed to be open with us and, finally, failed to put in place the necessary safeguards to ensure, if required, there could be an orderly return of client assets.