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UK Regulator FCA Fines Julius Baer $21 Million for Improper Introducer Fee Arrangement with Higher FX Transaction Fees & $3 Million Paid to Introducer, 2 Regional Heads of Private Banking & 1 Private Banker Banned

1st December 2022 | Hong Kong

The United Kingdom (UK) regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined private bank Julius Baer $21 million (£18 million) for improper introducer fee arrangement including higher foreign exchange (FX) transaction fees with $3 million commission paid to introducer (Dimitri Merinson), and 2 regional Heads of Julius Baer Private Banking and a Private Banker banned.  UK FCA: “The FCA has concluded that Julius Baer International facilitated finder’s arrangements between Bank Julius Baer and an employee of a number of Yukos Group companies, Mr Dimitri Merinson. Under these arrangements, Bank Julius Baer paid finder’s fees to Mr Merinson for introducing Yukos Group companies to Julius Baer. This was done on the understanding that the Yukos Group companies would then place large cash sums with Julius Baer from which Julius Baer could generate significant revenues.  In particular, uncommercial FX transactions were made in which the Yukos Group companies were charged far higher than standard rates, with the profits being shared between Mr Merinson and Julius Baer. Mr Merinson received commission payments totalling approximately $3m USD as a result of these arrangements. These fees were improper and together with the uncommercial FX transactions showed a lack of integrity in the way in which Julius Baer International was undertaking this business.  Additionally, Julius Baer International failed to have adequate policies and procedures in place to identify and manage the risks arising from the relationships between Julius Baer International and finders (external third parties that introduced potential clients to Julius Baer in return for commission).  The 3 Julius Baer executives banned are Gustavo Raitzin, former Regional Head for Bank Julius Baer (BJB), Thomas Seiler, former BJB Sub-Regional (Market) Head for Russia and Eastern Europe and JBI non-executive director, and Louise Whitestone, former relationship manager on JBI’s Russian and Eastern European Desk.  See below for more details:

“ UK Regulator FCA Fines Julius Baer Private Bank $21 Million for Improper Introducer Fee Arrangement with Higher FX Transaction Fees & $3 Million Paid to Introducer, 2 Regional Heads of Private Banking & 1 Private Banker Banned “

 



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Mark Steward, FCA Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight: “There were obvious signs that the relationships here were corrupt, which senior individuals saw and ignored. These weaknesses create the circumstances in which financial crime of the most serious kind can flourish. The FCA’s decisions on the individuals whom the FCA alleges were involved in these failures will now be reviewed in the Upper Tribunal.”

 

UK Regulator FCA Fines Julius Baer Private Bank $21 Million

Julius Baer

UK FCA 30/11/22 – The FCA has fined Julius Baer International Limited (JBI), an investment advisory and wealth management firm, £18,022,500 for failing to conduct its business with integrity, failing to take reasonable care to organise and control its affairs and failing to be open and cooperative with the FCA.

The FCA has also decided to ban Gustavo Raitzin, former Regional Head for Bank Julius Baer (BJB), Thomas Seiler, former BJB Sub-Regional (Market) Head for Russia and Eastern Europe and JBI non-executive director, and Louise Whitestone, former relationship manager on JBI’s Russian and Eastern European Desk.

The FCA has concluded that JBI facilitated finder’s arrangements between BJB and an employee of a number of Yukos Group companies, Mr Dimitri Merinson. Under these arrangements, BJB paid finder’s fees to Mr Merinson for introducing Yukos Group companies to Julius Baer. This was done on the understanding that the Yukos Group companies would then place large cash sums with Julius Baer from which Julius Baer could generate significant revenues.

In particular, uncommercial FX transactions were made in which the Yukos Group companies were charged far higher than standard rates, with the profits being shared between Mr Merinson and Julius Baer. Mr Merinson received commission payments totalling approximately $3m USD as a result of these arrangements. These fees were improper and together with the uncommercial FX transactions showed a lack of integrity in the way in which JBI was undertaking this business.

Additionally, JBI failed to have adequate policies and procedures in place to identify and manage the risks arising from the relationships between JBI and finders (external third parties that introduced potential clients to Julius Baer in return for commission). This included having no policies which defined the rules surrounding the use of finders within JBI until after June 2010. Policies introduced after that date were inadequate.

Finally, JBI became aware of the nature of these transactions – including the commission payments to Mr Merinson – in 2012 and suspected that a potential fraud had been committed. However, it did not report these matters to the FCA immediately as required or at all until July 2014.

Mark Steward, FCA Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight said:

‘There were obvious signs that the relationships here were corrupt, which senior individuals saw and ignored. These weaknesses create the circumstances in which financial crime of the most serious kind can flourish. The FCA’s decisions on the individuals whom the FCA alleges were involved in these failures will now be reviewed in the Upper Tribunal.’

JBI agreed at an early stage to settle all issues of fact and partially agreed liability (but not penalty) and therefore qualified for a 15% to 30% discount under the FCA’s executive settlement procedures. Were it not for this discount the FCA would have imposed a fine of £24,496,700.

This was a challenging investigation which required evidence to be obtained from Switzerland, including interviews. As well, while the investigation was completed before Covid lockdowns, publication of the firm’s Final Notice was prevented by an Order of the Tribunal, which has recently been discharged.

The Upper Tribunal proceedings relating to Thomas Seiler, Louise Whitestone and Gustavo Raitzin’s Decision Notices commenced on 28 November 2022.




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