News Archive: 2026
We agree with making the advice simpler so long as it meets customer needs. Customer protection will rely on the FCA’s Consumer Duty regulation. Will the Consumer Duty be up to the task?
UKSA has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) discussion paper DP25-3 - ‘Expanding consumer access to investments’ with radical but simple proposals. The FCA wants the consumer to take more responsibility for its decisions.
We support the FRC in wanting to update their audit enforcement procedure based on lessons learned over the past three to five years.
UK Shareholders (led by Charles Henderson) and ShareSoc (led by Mark Northway) were advisers to the Digitisation Task Force. The recommendations in the Digitisation Task Force’s final report are a step forward for modernisation and, if done properly, for governance.