FCA Staff Disgruntled with how UK Regulator is Run: FT

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According to a Freedom of Information request from the Financial Times, just half of the 2,272 staff who responded to the survey said they held their employer in positive regard. When the same survey was conducted in 2014, 57% of those questioned said they regarded their employer in a positive light.

The survey was conducted three months after the resignation of former chief executive Martin Wheatley in July 2015. Chancellor George Osborne installed Andrew Bailey as the FCA’s new head in January 2016, commenting that “a different leadership” was needed at the watchdog.

Further findings from the survey revealed that only 44% of FCA staff gave a positive response when asked about recruitment, retention and development, six percent less than the average found at financial services companies and three percent worse than the preceding year's FCA survey.

The FCA’s board has since discussed the results of the survey and concluded that there were some areas for development that related to leadership, operational efficiency and career and talent management. The executive had reviewed the results and devised a simple action plan focusing on re-communicating the strategic direction, ensuring time and focus were given to people matters and business Execution Execution Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Read this Term and enablement.

Overall, the board felt that “the survey results were relatively positive given the disruption and change that had occurred during the year generally and particularly at the time the survey was conducted.”