Treasury and FCA must consider 'appropriate consequences' over LCF scandal - reports

Dame Elizabeth Gloster named BoE governor Andrew Bailey in her report

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The author of the report into the collapse of London Capital & Finance (LCF) has told MPs that it is up to the Treasury to consider the “appropriate consequences” for three individuals named in her report on the mini-bonds scandal, including Bank of England (BoE) governor Andrew Bailey.

Bailey was chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) at the time of the savings scandal, leaving the regulator in March 2020 to take up the job at the BoE. Dame Elizabeth Gloster delivered her report on the regulation of LCF on 23 November last year. The Guardian reported that, in the first of a series of evidence sessions yesterday (1 February), Gloster told MPs on the Treasury Select Committee: "Those who are, or I hope will be, informed by my report will need to consider what are the appropriate consequences in the light of the criticisms which I have made, in relati...

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