The Financial Conduct Authority has published its regulatory roadmap for the coming 12 months, with banks, asset managers and dark pool trading venues all high on the list of priorities.

In its latest annual business plan, the FCA, which now regulates roughly 73,000 institutions - three times the number of firms it did two years ago - outlined its biggest areas of focus for the year ahead. It also gave an update on work already underway and unveiled a change in emphasis on its approach to conducting studies of markets and sectors that fall under its remit.