The FCA is opening the door for innovation - advisers should be paying attention

'The FCA's pro-innovation approach can impact on how advisers do business'

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The FCA is not a regulator waiting for the world to come to it, but one trying to build the rails before the train arrives, writes Dawid Kotur. Here he urges advisers to take advantage of this...

In May, the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee published a report warning that UK regulators risk failing to support growth. The Financial Conduct Authority is actually ahead of the game. It has actually already started doing exactly what the Lords are asking for and the financial advice profession is one of the biggest potential beneficiaries, if the industry can move quickly enough.  For the UK's other regulators, there are lessons to be learnt from how the FCA is innovating, focused on solving real problems within the sectors it governs. Consider what the FCA is al...

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