ASIC, the Australian financial regulator, has fined a financial firm 3.88 million AUD (approx 2.2m EUR) for failing to monitor and prevent “marking the close” of the wheat futures markets. The firm is alleged to have allowed 2 clients to place orders between May 2023 and February 2024 in the last 2 minutes of the market session. The regulator contacted the firm during the months of the activity, but it was allowed to continue. The release from ASIC can be found here.