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FSA starts formal enforcement probe on UBS loss

Published February 3, 2012 Updated February 3, 2012 11:33am

"On 16 September 2011, the Financial Services Authority and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) announced the launch of an independent investigation into the events surrounding trading losses incurred by UBS AG (UBS) in the London operations of its Investment Bank," the FSA said in a statement on Friday.

"The FSA has now commenced a formal enforcement investigation against UBS and is in close contact with FINMA which has also commenced enforcement action against UBS," it added.

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