FCA fines, bans director over unauthorized compliance duties
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Neil Hodge2022-05-10T16:34:00
Thomas Ward, a former head of compliance at an investment management firm who once worked as a compliance inspector for a U.K. regulator, was fined 416,558 pounds (U.S. $513,000) and banned from working in the financial services sector following a tribunal ruling.
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