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Arian Financial LLP v FCA: Upper Tribunal clarifies DEPP penalties—broker commissions excluded from Step 1; Step 4 deterrence set at around 100% of disgorgement

Published on: 10 December 2024

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Arian Financial LLP v The Financial Conduct Authority [2024] UKUT 352 (TCC) (‘Arian Financial LLP’)

What are the practical implications of this case?

Professionals in financial services should study Arian Financial LLP, as the Tribunal provides a clear roadmap for applying DEPP’s Five-Step Framework when setting sanctions. A key takeaway is that Step 1 disgorgement ought to be reduced to take account of any commissions paid to brokers. Step 1 is qualitatively distinct from the punitive components at Steps 2–4; its sole function is to strip out gains so the firm does not profit from wrongdoing. On that basis, the Tribunal held that payments of commission to self-employed brokers are not part of the ‘financial benefit’ the firm itself obtained directly from the breach. That analysis aligns with FCA v Da Vinci Invest Ltd and others [2015] EWHC 2401 (Da Vinci). Practitioners should also observe the Upper Tribunal’s approach to Step 4, which evaluates the relationship between the disgorgement amount and the penal element. Multipliers that generate outcomes around 100% of the disgorgement sum were considered proportionate...

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