Senior IA adviser calls for 'heads to roll' at FCA as he labels PRIIPs 'worst piece of financial regulation ever'

Regulation has caused industry debate

Beth Brearley
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Philip Warland, a senior adviser at the Investment Association, has waded into the furore over the publication of what have described as 'misleading' performance scenarios in PRIIPs KID documents, lambasting the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other European regulators for "the worst piece of financial regulation ever in Europe".

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