FCA annual meeting dominated by whistleblower handling criticism

All of the FCA's leadership were in attendance, including chair Ashley Alder and CEO Nikhil Rathi, alongside around 900 industry participants and members of the public at its meeting yesterday (6 October).  The recent death of whistleblower Simon Andriesz, reportedly by suicide, has exacerbated grievances felt by some of the attendees, and was the first thing raised following introductions.  Andriesz, formerly of brokerage BGC Partners, had raised multiple concerns about irregularities at his former employer over a number of years, and claimed he knew of links between US Commerce Secr...