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This table contains information about who the FSA has fined during 2003.
Total amount of fines in 2003 - £10,975,000.

Amount Company or person fined Date What was the fine for? Compensation
£165,000 Chase de Vere Financial Solutions plc 19/12/03 Misleading precipice and high income bond promotion  
£675,000 Friends Provident Life and Pensions ltd 17/12/03 Mis-handling mortgage endowments complaints  
£150,000 Hoodless Brennan and Partners plc 17/12/03 Breaches of rules in relation to a placing of shares in PrimeEnt plc and its dealing with regulators thereafter  
£2,320,000 Abbey National companies - £2m - Abbey National plc; and £320k Abbey National Asset Managers ltd 10/12/03 Abbey National plc: breaches of the money laundering rules;Abbey National Asset Managers: systems and control breaches Abbey National Asset Managers: £300,000 to a small number of clients
£250,000 St James's Place – three companies from St James's Place Wealth Management Group plc 26/11/03 Inadequate monitoring and record keeping  
£150,000 Mr Christopher Goekjian 13/11/03 Failing to detect or prevent attempts to mislead the Japanse tax authority when chief executive of Credit Suisse Financial Products  
£1,900,000 Lloyds TSB Bank plc 25/09/03 Unsuitable sales of high income bond Approximately £98 million
£1,250,000 Northern Bank 07/08/03 Breaches of money laundering rules  
£10,000 Mr Gordon Piggott 09/07/03 Breaches of FSA Principles relating to the sale of assets of Chartertrack Financial Services ltd  
£900,000 ABN Amro Equities (UK) ltd 23/04/03 Market misconduct  
£70,000 Mr Michael Ackers 23/04/03 Market misconduct  
£485,000 Lincoln Assurance ltd 16/04/03 Mis-selling savings plans £8.8 million set aside for compensation
£950,000 Royal & Sun Alliance Group 27/03/03 Mortgage endowments failings £16.6 million set aside for redress
£100,000 DBS Financial Management plc 25/03/03 Misleading advertising Refunds offered
£750,000 Scottish Amicable 06/03/03 Mortgage endowment failings £11 million set aside for redress
£100,000 MLP Private Finance plc 27/02/03 Regulatory failings  
£750,000 Bank of Scotland 25/02/03 Maladministration of PEPs and ISAs £10,350

 

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