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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

Close Brothers shares plunge as it scraps dividend over City watchdog car finance probe

Shares in historic City bank Close Brothers plunged today after the firm scrapped its dividend amid an investigation by the main regulator into the car finance market.

Close, part of the City since 1878, said there was “significant uncertainty” about the outcome of the review by the Financial Conduct Authority, alarming traders.

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