FCA speaks on regulatory priorities

Lucy Castledine – director of consumer investments at the FCA – has given a speech on regulatory perspectives and priorities in for 2025 at the Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association Compliance Conference.

Castledine referred to the FCA’s five year strategy commitment to being a smarter regulator, and encouraged input on proposals for targeted support and simplified advice.

The speech also asked that firms continue to challenge themselves in delivering the Consumer Duty, and noted that firms seeing illegal content online who have challenges reporting this content to tech platforms should go to the FCA for assistance.