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FCA intensifies scrutiny of non-financial misconduct in wholesale banks and insurers; forthcoming D&I reporting to inform targeted supervision; PRA favours supervisory over enforcement-first approach

Published on: 18 January 2024

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FCA Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi, together with colleagues, told the Treasury Committee, a cross‑party group of lawmakers, that the regulator is surveying wholesale finance firms to gather statistics on non‑financial misconduct cases—and on how such matters are spotted and resolved.

Sarah Pritchard, the FCA’s director of supervision, said they are quite deliberately pressing ahead with that supervisory work programme right now, so they can use its findings to set out what constitutes best practice at the close of this exercise and, crucially, to shape their supervisory programme when the new rule sets take effect.

The FCA’s industry survey spans wholesale insurance intermediaries and broking, as well as both banks and insurers. Wholesale markets link individuals and institutions seeking to invest funds with others that require them; retail financial markets provide...

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