Ian Mason is a Partner at Walkers. Ian was formerly a Head of Department in the Enforcement Division of the FSA. He is a member of the Practical Law Financial Services consultation board.

On a regular basis, Ian shares his thoughts with Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments in the area of market conduct. In his column for March 2022, Ian considers the FCA's recent statement on the events in Ukraine and their impact on financial markets; the sentencing of a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of an AIM-listed company to five and a half years' imprisonment having been found guilty of two offences of making false and misleading statements to the market and three offences of false accounting; and HM Treasury's response to the Wholesale Market Review (WMR) consultation.

To read Ian's previous columns, see Practice note, Ian Mason's market conduct columns.