FCA calls for examples of retrospective regulation

It wants to know whether it or its predecessor the Financial Services Authority (FSA) may have applied a more demanding standard or interpretation of its rules after having consulted on, and agreed, them. The FCA has previously expressed concern about acting retrospectively and said it had work to do to improve certainty for regulated firms. It recently published the outcomes of its work on a perceived ‘expectations gap' between regulators and industry. This considered how any differences in understanding might affect the quality of products and services consumers receive, or inhib...