Asset managers prepare for SMCR challenge as FCA begins to 'bare its teeth'

New rules to kick in at the end of 2019

Mike Sheen
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Senior staff within asset and wealth managers will soon face potentially unlimited fines if they fail to meet conduct standards under incoming new rules, which have already enabled the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to "bare its teeth" in efforts to transform the culture of the markets it regulates.

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