Sanctions, requests for investigation and cases of securities market inspections

FIN-FSA´s requests for police investigation and administrative sanctions 2010–2020

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Request for police investigation	3	4	5	4	3	5	2	6	5	2	6
Public reprimand	3	3	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Public warning	-	-	3	2	2	-	2	5	3	1	1
Administrative fine	1	5	14	6	2	19	2	3	-	-	1
Penalty payment	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	4	3	5	2

During 2020 FIN-FSA made six requests for police investigation, issued one public warning and imposed one administrative fine and two penalty payments.

FIN-FSA's administrative sanctions and supervisory measures are published here.

Supervision cases related to trading in securities markets and the disclosure obligation processed by the FIN-FSA in 2010–2020

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total number of cases	70	80	85	100	83	127	104	95	108	150	155
Abuse of inside information	27	34	23	47	36	57	48	58	71	83	105
Market manipulation	11	23	35	28	23	40	31	24	23	50	39
Disclosure obligation: periodic, ongoing, delayed disclosure, disclosure of major holdings, takeover bid, and primary markets	25	16	23	17	18	24	23	12	12	15	9
Other	7	7	4	8	6	6	2	1	2	2	2

Figures 2016–2019 have been corrected on 17 February 2021.

The table above displays supervision cases related to trading in securities markets and the disclosure obligation inspected by the FIN-FSA and concluded during the year concerned. In 2020 there were 155 such cases.

In the corresponding term, the FIN-FSA received 202 STORs from the markets on suspicious transactions or orders, some of which continue to be inspected in 2021.

During 2020 the FIN-FSA sent one request for judicial assistance to foreign securities markets authorities concerning the supervision of securities markets. Respectively, the FIN-FSA received two requests for judicial assistance.