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FCA chief Bailey takes aim at ‘greed is good’ culture

Andrew Bailey says the regulator won't cap bonuses or control levels of pay, but remuneration is a focus as it tries to change the ethos in the City

Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the FCA
Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the FCA Photo: Getty Images

The changes to bonus and conduct rules at the UK's finance firms over the past few years are aimed at driving a "profound" change in the culture of banking, according to the City's top regulator - moving it away from the "greed is good" attitudes of the 1980s.

Andrew Bailey, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, set out the regulator's thinking on banking culture in a speech to company directors in Hong Kong today.

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