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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€369,572Total of monetary amounts
€369,572Largest single case: Liquidnet Canada Inc.
€369,572Median per case with an amount

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  1. Provinces €369,572 100 % · 1 case

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  1. Organisational requirements €369,572 100 % · 1 case

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  1. Liquidnet Canada Inc. €369,572 100 % · 1 case

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1 case

15 Apr 2026 Liquidnet Canada Inc.Liquidnet Canada: confidential order data passed on to unauthorised persons Canada, ONOrganisational requirements €369,572

The operator of alternative trading systems passed on confidential order and trading information from its fixed income and equity platforms to unauthorised employees, lacked adequate safeguards and was initially not forthcoming with the regulator. Sanctions: administrative penalty of 600,000 CAD, 75,000 CAD in costs, a reprimand and an external review.

What organisations can take from it

Technically restrict access rights to confidential client data and review them regularly – and make complete reports to the regulator.

Relevance to training and awareness

Need-to-know principle and protection of confidential trading data

Authority / court
Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario) auf Antrag der Ontario Securities Commission
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
Legal basis
National Instrument 21-101, s. 5.10(1)-(3); Securities Act (Ontario) ss. 127(1), 127.1
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Mitigating circumstances
Cooperation, self-report, no prior record

Original amount 600,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Apr 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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