FCA urged to reform liquidity definition in wake of fund crises

Prompted by Woodford fund suspension

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Industry figures have urged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to rethink its definition of illiquid securities post-Brexit, after a pair of high-profile liquidity crises hit the industry.

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