FCA chair praises UK markets reforms but calls for greater retail investor participation

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Sorin Dojan
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Financial Conduct Authority chair Ashley Alder has argued that recent UK equity market reforms are "already having an impact", but argued that the "harder task" is to more successfully funnel savings into domestic businesses.

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