In a speech held at the International Capital Markets Conference on Tuesday (8 October), Alder said that the FCA has delivered “the most significant reforms of the UK’s public equity markets in a generation”.
However, the UK financial watchdog’s chair also raised concerns about the low levels of investment from UK households, citing figures by think-tank New Financial, which stated that the share of UK households that own stocks and shares directly has halved from 23% in 2003 to 11% in 2022.
FCA remains resolute on whistleblowing review amid claims of inaccuracies
“UK market capita…