This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Investigate FCA's ability to monitor modern precious metal market manipulation
UK investors lack the confidence that the FCA has the expertise or will to find precious metal market manipulation. ETF Securities/ Futures paper markets no longer reflect or tied to the physical precious metal price in a worrying way. New transparency ,audits & legislation for 2021 is required
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The British retail investor must be protected from manipulation. At the core of being British is sportsmanship and fair play. These values are absent in precious metals investment space. MP's should ask themselves :
How have we allowed a silver monopoly to occur from key bullion banks?
Why is it the Futures market no longer reflects physical spot prices?
Why are audits of vault inventory rare and non transparent ?
Do we understand modern techniques like "spoofing"
Is legislation up to date ?
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about the precious metals market, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
Your central ask appears to be for an investigation of the FCA's ability to monitor manipulation of the precious metal market, but your petition goes on to say that new transparency, audits and legislation are required, but doesn't say what these should entail.
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