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Cost of FCA’s voluntary resignations climbs to £7m

The amount spent on a 'voluntary resignation programme' has jumped almost 200% in only a matter of weeks

In June, the FCA paid out £640,100 in severance payments for 93 senior staff who took advantage of the regulator's so-called mutually agreed resignation scheme
In June, the FCA paid out £640,100 in severance payments for 93 senior staff who took advantage of the regulator's so-called mutually agreed resignation scheme Photo: FCA

The cost of UK’s Financial Conduct Authority's  “voluntary resignation programme” has jumped almost 11-fold two weeks after initial reports on the matter, according to the watchdog's latest figures.

Financial News reported in June that the regulator had paid out £640,100 in severance payments for 93 senior staff who took advantage of the regulator’s so-called mutually agreed resignation scheme, or Mars, in the year to April. That was according to FCA responses to a Freedom of Information request by FN.

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