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The article discusses issues facing would-be corporate whistleblowers in Great Britain. Topics include the role of whistleblowers in fighting white collar crime in the U.S., a comparison of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) mechanisms for whistleblowers, and an attempt at whistleblowing by former chief executive officer (CEO) George Patellis of the mortgage lender Tiuta Plc.

The article reports on the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to collect Treasury bond market data from banks, under an agreement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Topics discussed include the proposed rule to collect similar data on mortgage-backed securities issued by government-sponsored agencies, banks' exposure to risky collateralized loan obligations, and the Financial Conduct Authority's call on global banks to limit the number of clients they move out of Great Britain.

The article presents an update related to financial regulators and institutions across the world as of July 2014. Topics discussed include the requests for assistance in relation to foreign exchange received by Great Britain's Financial Conduct Authority between 2013 and 2014, the settlement issues between U.S. prosecutors and banks Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas and the legal costs facing European banks as they try to comply with financial and banking regulations.

The article focuses on published news topics on March 24, 2014. The U.S. Federal Reserve's stress tests on the 30 largest financial firms and banks found that 29 could survive a big economic crisis. Great Britain's Financial Conduct Authority fined securities trader Mark Stevenson $1.1 million for allegedly manipulating the government-bond market.