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UK and EU financial services round-up: FCA retail/wholesale reforms, PRA data reporting cuts, HMT AML supervision report, EIOPA Solvency II guidance, and Listing Act consultation (8 December 2025)

Published on: 08 December 2025

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FCA package aims to boost UK investment culture

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out a suite of steps intended to support retail investing and strengthen wholesale markets as part of a broader package. Consultation paper CP25/36: Client categorisation and conflicts of interest proposes a framework enabling firms to judge whether a client qualifies as a professional client. It further proposes streamlining the conflicts of interest regime. Feedback is invited by 2 February 2026. In addition, the FCA has released a statement on collaboration between firms to manufacture products or services; a discussion paper (DP25/3) on widening consumer access to investments; and a policy statement (PS25/20) setting out final rules for consumer composite investments. According to the FCA, CP25/36, Client categorisation and conflicts of interest includes measures ‘to make sure our conflicts of interest rules are proportionate and clear for firms to interpret and implement as part of our commitment to simplifying our rules’...

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