UK Watchdog Shakes Up Retail Rules to Boost British Investing

December 8, 2025

UK Watchdog Shakes Up Retail Rules to Boost British Investing – Bloomberg

Commuters pass in front the London Stock Exchange. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

The Financial Conduct Authority is planning to change a swathe of rules to make it easier for Britons to invest their own money in markets.

Investment firms will no longer need to produce key information documents for retail products, but will instead publish simpler “product summaries,” the FCA confirmed in a statement on Monday.