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FSA to ‘frighten’ with tough stance

By Peter Thal Larsen and Jennifer Hughes in London

Published: March 12 2009 11:42 | Last updated: March 13 2009 00:15

Senior executives at troubled banks have been targeted by the City watchdog for close scrutiny over the decisions they made in the run-up to the crisis, the chief executive of the Financial Services Authority warned on Thursday.

Abandoning the principles-based approach to financial regulation that the FSA championed before the crisis, Hector Sants outlined a more interventionist policy warning that people should be “very frightened” of the City watchdog.

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