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UK financial watchdog burdened with unrealistic expectations on economic growth

By Phoebe Seers and Sofia Gerace ( February 6, 2025, 13:53 GMT | Comment) -- The UK's financial services watchdog is under relentless pressure to cut red tape and think of ways to lighten the regulatory burden to help grow the economy. But it's hampered by government unwillingness to steer what it does, or, crucially, how much risk it can take. The Financial Conduct Authority is taking incremental steps that could grow the industry and even feed into the wider economy, but radical change is unlikely.Financial-services firms that have seen a decade of increased regulation and scrutiny in the UK are now seeing the pendulum swing the other way, with the sector regulator under intense political pressure to cut red tape and help grow the UK's economy....

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