How will the asset management sector be affected by new SM&CR?

'Much needed levels of transparency'

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While the Senior Managers Regime was designed as a response to the banking crisis and originally aimed at deposit takers, the extension of the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) will bring equivalent and much needed levels of accountability and transparency to all regulated financial organisations and will have a significant impact on the asset management sector. 

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