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Oscar Hornstein @ UK Tech News · 12/08/2025 08:00 EDT

FCA unveils measures to strengthen the UK’s ‘investment culture’

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced a package of measures aimed at establishing a greater “investment culture” among UK consumers. In the government’s efforts to improve the UK public markets, it has noted that there is a significantly smaller investment culture in Britain than in the US, which it believes limits the availability of ...

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