FCA scraps MiFID research rules on small-caps

£200m threshold

Kathleen Gallagher
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The Financial Conduct Authority will scrap MiFID rules on research for companies with a market cap of less than £200m in order to increase the research coverage from SME issuers and “create a regime that is proportionate to the risks of inducements that arise”.

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