FRC to reinvigorate enforcement efforts ahead of transition to ARGA
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Neil Hodge2022-01-28T17:51:00
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council expects to receive greater staffing and resources to ramp up the number of investigations it carries out over 2022 as it prepares to make way for a new regulator next year.
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