Consumer Duty rules define 5.6 million as 'vulnerable investors'

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Jenna Brown
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More than a third (34%) of the UK’s 16.2 million investors are classified as vulnerable according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s definition under its Consumer Duty, according to a report from Boring Money.

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