The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed two financial services attachés in India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help boost the regulator’s presence in key global financial markets and to drive investment into the U.K. economy.

The appointments, announced on Monday, are part of a scheme aimed at improving cooperation between financial regulators and supporting how future regulation could be shaped, especially in new areas such as cryptoassets.

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