Rory Percival: Advisers should be able to enjoy a quiet 2021 from regulator

Outlook for coming year

Sophie King
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Regulatory guru and former FCA man Rory Percival has said he believes 2021 will be a much quieter year for advisers in terms of regulatory changes.

Speaking to Professional Adviser, Percival (pictured) said he does not anticipate much change coming from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) around supervision and policy. The regulatory consultant said: "I think advisers will be quite pleased to hear it might be a quiet year from the regulator. "I don't think there's going to be that much new coming out so I think advisers can enjoy a comparatively quiet time. There'll still be plenty of noise, but in terms of changes I don't think there'll be very much." Percival said there had recently been a "log jam" of regulatory changes t...

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