FCA Targets Investment Boost with Advice Shake-Up

FCA: Private markets will boost UK growth

Private markets will help the UK achieve economic growth and become the world’s most innovative financial centre by 2035, according to Sarah Pritchard, the new deputy chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Speaking at the Investment Association’s Private Markets Summit, Pritchard (pictured) said that private markets have moved from a niche to “a […] The post FCA: Private markets will boost UK growth appeared first on Alternati…

FCA targets investment boost with advice shake-up

The FCA plans new reforms to expand access to financial advice in the UK. Read how these changes could help.

FCA pushes reforms to close the advice gap

Millions more people in the UK could receive help managing their pensions and investments under new proposals from the FCA, which aim to reshape how financial advice is delivered across the country. Under the proposals, firms would be able to offer ‘targeted support’ to groups of consumers sharing common characteristics. This could include those at risk of unsustainable pension drawdowns, people not saving enough for retirement, or individuals h…