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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Any evidence relating to the potential manipulation of financial
markets received by a public or private body or member of the public should be passed
to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has a statutory responsibility for
regulating conduct in financial markets.</p><p> </p><p>Any investigation into the
potential manipulation of financial markets would be a matter for the FCA. As a matter
of policy the FCA does not normally provide any comment about potential or actual
investigations or potential enforcement so as to avoid prejudicing cases.</p><p> </p><p>The
FCA announced on 20 March 2014 that it had taken enforcement action against an individual
for the manipulation of a government bond in the run up to a Bank of England operation
on 10 October 2011. The FCA's investigation found this was the action of one trader
on one day, and there was no evidence of collusion with traders in other banks.</p><p>
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