The art of the investigation

By Shoshana Bacall and Joanna Whymark, Fox & Partners

Non-financial misconduct in financial services is coming under greater scrutiny. Gone are the days when it was the accepted norm for financial institutions to side-step non-financial misconduct on the premise that only financial conduct was relevant to their activities. Under the watchful eye of the regulators, a failure to act is increasingly likely to attract significant criticism.