Last week, the FCA published its long-awaited policy statement containing amendments to the FCA’s Code of Conduct (“COCON”) aimed at combatting non-financial misconduct (“NFM”). NFM can amount to a breach of FCA rules in any...more
7/9/2025
/ Banks ,
Bullying ,
Code of Conduct ,
Consultation ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Policy Statement ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
SMCR ,
UK ,
Workplace Bullying
Supporting growth, fighting crime, helping consumers and being a smarter regulator: These are the four predictable priorities identified in the Financial Conduct Authority's 2025-2030 strategy document, released on March...more
Make no mistake, nonfinancial misconduct remains at the top of the Financial Conduct Authority's agenda.
Originally published in Law360 - November 26, 2024....more
11/27/2024
/ Benchmarking ,
Board of Directors ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Data Collection ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Grievance Process ,
Illegal Drugs ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Assessment ,
Surveys ,
Trade Associations ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers
#MeToo is still moving across the pond. On March 8, 2024, the House of Commons Treasury Committee published a report entitled “Sexism in the City” (referenced as “Report” in this article), which found that the...more
4/12/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Policies ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK
“The first rule of enforcement club is that you do in fact talk about enforcement club”; so Therese Chambers, the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, announced...more
3/13/2024
/ Consultation ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services and Markets Act ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Public Announcements ,
Public Interest ,
Senior Managers ,
UK
“The wholesale insurance market in particular has a long way to go in having an inclusive culture...areas for improvement include...preventing and handling non-financial misconduct,” stated the Financial Conduct Authority...more