Forward planning: What's on the FCA's agenda this year?

FCA Business Plan and Risk Outlook 2016/17

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Aileen Lynch takes an in-depth look at the regulator's business plan for next year and outlines what's in store for advisers...

On the April 5, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued its business plan for 2016/17, which set out its work programme and priorities for the coming year. Alongside the analysis of the medium to long term risks set out in the ‘risk outlook' section, the FCA also brings together the intelligence that it collects from a wide range of sources to form a common view of each of the markets and sectors it regulates. The priorities for 2016/17 are pensions, financial crime and anti-money laundering, wholesale financial markets, advice, innovation and technology, firms' culture and gover...

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