UK watchdog to simplify client rules, slash legal text to boost capital markets investment
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
The FCA will simplify client rules and reduce legal text by 70% to enhance investment in UK capital markets, targeting both professional and retail clients.
(Reuters) -Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday it will review existing client categorisation rules to ensure that they are proportionate for professional and retail clients, to boost investment in capital markets.
As part of its growth initiatives, the regulator said it will change prospectus rules, eliminate unnecessary data reporting requirements and simplify capital rules for investment firms to cut legal text by 70%.
(Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)
The FCA aims to ensure that client categorisation rules are proportionate for both professional and retail clients.
The FCA will change prospectus rules, eliminate unnecessary data reporting requirements, and simplify capital rules to reduce legal text.
The FCA announced its plans on Thursday.
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