Andy Bell writes to new FCA chief over 'wrecking ball' investment pathways policy

‘Fundamentally flawed’

Hannah Godfrey
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AJ Bell founder Andy Bell has written to new FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi, arguing the implementation of ‘investment pathways’ will be dangerous for drawdown consumers.

Bell, who co-founded AJ Bell in 1995, warned the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief that while the pathways policy was well-intentioned, in reality, it is "fundamentally flawed" and "will not deliver the customer outcomes the regulator has set out to achieve". Bell (pictured) said: "The FCA clearly has its hands full dealing with Covid-19 and I derive no pleasure from taking potshots at an already overburdened regulator. "However, where I see an intervention that so obviously risks causing real and lasting consumer harm I cannot simply stand quietly by and watch it happen, ev...

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