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City firms race to prepare for FCA crackdown on bullying and harassment

Rules will require hedge funds, insurers and pension firms to report all non-financial wrongdoing The City’s largest hedge funds, insurers and pension funds are racing to prepare for sweeping rules that will stop nearly 40,000 companies from hiding bullying and harassment cases from the financial watchdog. From the start of next month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will expand a crackdown on bad behaviour in

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27 Aug 2026, 07:15 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 19:57 UTC
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Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
27 Aug 2026, 07:00 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
Section
Financial Conduct Authority
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Rules will require hedge funds, insurers and pension firms to report all non-financial wrongdoing The City’s largest hedge funds, insurers and pension funds are racing to prepare for sweeping rules that will stop nearly 40,000 companies from hiding bullying and harassment cases from the financial watchdog. From the start of next month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will expand a crackdown on bad behaviour in
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    City firms race to prepare for FCA crackdown on bullying and harassment

    Rules will require hedge funds, insurers and pension firms to report all non-financial wrongdoing The City’s largest hedge funds, insurers and pension funds are racing to prepare for sweeping rules that will stop nearly 40,000 companies from hiding bullying and harassment cases from the financial watchdog. From the start of next month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will expand a crackdown on bad behaviour in

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • publisher category Banking rss-category
  • publisher category Bullying rss-category
  • publisher category Business rss-category
  • publisher category Corporate governance rss-category
  • publisher category Financial Conduct Authority rss-category
  • publisher category Financial sector rss-category
  • publisher category Hedge funds rss-category
  • publisher category Investing rss-category
  • publisher category Pensions industry rss-category
  • publisher category Regulators rss-category
  • publisher category Sexual harassment rss-category
  • publisher category Society rss-category
  • publisher category UK news rss-category
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#3052
Observed
27 Aug 2026, 07:15 UTC
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481,497 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
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