Article: FSA slaps Hoodless Brennan with AGBP90k fine for poor sales practices in 2003 under TCF principle.

The FSA cited failure to meet the requirements of its treating customers fairly initiative when it handed out a AGBP90,000 fine on Thursday.

The regulator fined stockbrokers Hoodless Brennan Plc AGBP90,000 for using unacceptable sales practices and failing to treat its customers fairly when selling shares in a company called Knowledge Technology Solutions Plc on 12 June and 25 July 2003.

The FSA found that the sales practices employed by Hoodless' brokers, when selling KTS shares to customers, fell below both regulatory standards and the firm's own internal standards.

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