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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Isaac

Financial watchdog scraps plan to ‘name and shame’ UK firms under investigation

Skyscrapers in the City of London amid a deep blue sky
The push towards naming and shaming firms followed outrage over the FCA being unable to list financial advisers who gave flawed advice to British Steel pensioners. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK’s financial watchdog has bowed to longstanding pressure and ditched a plan to frequently “name and shame” companies it is investigating.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided not to go ahead with applying a new public interest test for announcing investigations into regulated firms “given the lack of consensus” over the plans.

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