Goldman Sachs is facing a near-record fine from the UK’s financial regulator following a five-month investigation into the investment bank’s international business initiated in the wake of fraud charges against the company in the US.
The fine, which could be announced by the Financial Services Authority as early as Thursday morning, will deal a blow to Goldman’s efforts to put the fraud case behind it following its settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission probe in July for $550m.
The FSA opened a separate inquiry into the bank in April after the SEC charged Goldman with misleading investors in a complex mortgage-backed security known as Abacus.