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A closer look at the UK tick size
FCA economists Guidogiorgio Bodrato, Sam Hainsworth, Silvia Lozano Guerrero, and Khashayar Rahimi examine how well the UK Tick Size Regime performed in 2024, focusing on the impact of annual reclassifications on market quality. -
Exploring Synthetic Data Validation – privacy, utility and fidelity
This paper explores the insights from a roundtable event hosted by the FCA, the Information Commissioner’s Office, and the Alan Turing Institute. -
The role of High Frequency Traders in FX markets
FCA economist Peter O’Neill and Academic Shihao Yu at Columbia University, examine the role of new High-Frequency Trading (HFT) entrants to the once bank dealer dominated Foreign Exchange market. -
Gaming trading: how trading apps could be engaging consumers for the worse
You may be familiar with the jumping green owl celebrating your completion of a Duolingo language lesson. Or perhaps you compete against your friends on Strava to run the most miles in a month. These are all examples of gamification – the use of -
Matter of fact-sheets: improving consumer comprehension of financial sustainability disclosures
To help consumers better understand sustainability disclosures for investment products, we carried out a programme of behavioural research. -
Can robo-advice improve borrower repayment decisions?
Analysis showing that a simple automated ‘robo-advice’ tool significantly improved borrower repayment decisions in a randomised controlled trial. -
Interest rates and risk-based credit limits in the UK credit card market
We studied variation in interest rates and credit limits to investigate how UK lenders base choices on customers' risk. -
Beyond disclosure for high-risk investments: slow down and think
This article explores our research into risk warnings, decision points and self-certification, published in January 2021.