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UK regulator drops probe into ‘Essex Boys’ traders after they offer to pay £1mn to charity

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FCA concerned over possible collusion in group that reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars betting on oil A group of British commodity day traders have offered to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to charity to close a UK competition probe that looked at whether the sharing of potentially sensitive information distorted markets. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • FCA concerned over possible collusion in group that reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars betting on oilS1
  • A group of British commodity day traders have offered to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to charity to close a UK competition probe that looked at whether the sharing of potentially sensitive information distorted markets.S2
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2mos Financial Times

UK regulator drops probe into ‘Essex Boys’ traders after they offer to pay £1mn to charity

FCA concerned over possible collusion in group that reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars betting on oil

2mos Bloomberg

‘Essex Boys’ Oil Traders Make Charity Offer to End UK Regulatory Probe

A group of British commodity day traders have offered to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to charity to close a UK competition probe that looked at whether the sharing of potential…

UK regulator drops probe into ‘Essex Boys’ traders after they offer to pay £1mn to charity

2 outlets 2 reports
The brief

FCA concerned over possible collusion in group that reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars betting on oil A group of British commodity day traders have offered to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to charity to close a UK competition probe that looked at whether the sharing of potentially sensitive information distorted markets. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • FCA concerned over possible collusion in group that reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars betting on oilS1
  • A group of British commodity day traders have offered to donate £1 million ($1.3 million) to charity to close a UK competition probe that looked at whether the sharing of potentially sensitive information distorted markets.S2
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S1 Financial Times 1 report · EN
S2 BloombergLead 1 report · EN