The FCA has reversed its controversial plan to publicly “name and shame” companies under investigation, following a backlash from the City and government officials. The regulator will abandon its proposed “public interest test,” opting instead to maintain its existing, more stringent “exceptional circumstances” criteria for disclosure.
This reversal, confirmed in
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