The UK Litigation and Investigations Group at Allen & Overy, including partners Calum Burnett and Sarah Hitchins, and senior professional support lawyer and member of the Practical Law Financial Services board, Joanna Hughes, regularly share their thoughts with Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments in financial services investigations and enforcement.

In the group's column for December 2020, Sarah considers the FCA's commentary on market abuse risks in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as recent enforcement activity in this area.