Compliance Monitor
FCA consults on setting online tests for high-risk investors as part of reform package
By Neasa MacErlean
The FCA is considering requiring retail investors to pass an online test before they invest in high-risk products in areas
from peer-to-peer lending to unlisted securities and crypto assets. This is one of
many preliminary proposals that the regulator is asking for feedback on as it prepares to increase the existing protections.