'Make your voices heard': Advisers urged to share consumer investment market views

Call for input closes 15 December

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Stephen Little explores how the industry has responded to the FCA's call for input into the consumer investment market which closes next week

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) call for input work on improving the consumer investment market draws to a close on 15 December. The regulator is looking at areas it believes the consumer investment market is not working well and is seeking views from advisers on higher risk investments, compensation and competition and innovation among other things. It is particularly interested in how products and services can meet investment needs and what can be done to improve the understanding of investment risk. The paper also looks at compensation fairness for consumers and their ac...

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