Market manipulation

New monthly column with former prosecutors addressing prediction markets and exploring the compliance and enforcement issues they present.

Regulators expand surveillance in European energy markets as Hungarian market manipulation penalty signals aggressive enforcement.

The agency said a growing number of filings have failed to provide sufficient notice or compliance analysis.

Our regular roundup of the latest news and developments from the FCA.

The AFM said the investor’s conduct posed a risk to the integrity of the financial markets and gave it solid grounds for imposing a penalty.

Proposed market reform of energy futures contracts raises the question of whether oil can be traded like bitcoin.

A Google software engineer allegedly used confidential search data to make around $1.2m on “near-perfect” search term predictions.

ACER backs NRA enforcement of REMIT and demands better surveillance from traders.