Grant Thornton on the FCA’s new business plan

In this year’s Business Plan, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) attempts to move away from a sector focus and instead takes a more thematic approach covering three focus areas; reducing and preventing serious harm, setting and testing higher standards and promoting competition and positive change. It is also a move away from previous standalone documents, with this year’s Plan appearing as a webpage with hyperlinks to 30 other documents that arguably makes navigating its content more challenging.