CFTC fines UBS $500K for inadvertently deleting swap trade files
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2021-10-14T18:16:00
UBS AG has been fined $500,000 by the CFTC for prematurely but inadvertently deleting more than 1,000 hours of audio files related to pre-execution swaps trade information the regulator required be saved for one year.
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