FCA Listed Companies

The FCA has a message for listed companies: are you listening?

When it comes to inside information controls, the FCA has clearly set out its stall in recent months. Between the Aviva enforcement decision and the Carillion warning notice statement, a review of delayed disclosure notifications, a speech by the Director of Market Oversight, and pandemic-related statements, we know that the FCA is paying close attention to the timing and content of announcements and the adequacy of companies’ internal controls. All told there is a lot for listed companies to take on board.

The good news is that this provides an opportunity to revisit your policies and controls, check they are working as they should, refresh and retrain where needed to make sure your systems are robust enough to survive any regulator scrutiny that may come your way in the future.