On October 26, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation (Consultation) on its “future mission”—which are the FCA’s priorities and approaches to regulation for the coming years. The Consultation invites feedback on several key topics, including:

• the functioning of markets;

• meeting the FCA’s policy objectives;

• balancing conduct regulation and public policy;

• consumer protection, redress and vulnerable consumers;

• transparency and disclosures;

• FCA intervention;

• competition;

• supervision of firms; and

• the FCA’s approach to enforcement.

Responses to the Consultation must be submitted to the FCA by January 26, 2017.

A copy of the Consultation is available here, and the FCA’s accompanying press release is available here.