Helen Boyd has been promoted to head of the capital markets department at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
In the role, she is responsible for the regulator’s listing transactions and primary market oversight operations.
Listing reforms at the FCA came into force in July last year, replacing the ‘premium’ and ‘standard’ listing labels with a single category and implementing simpler eligibility criteria for companies listing shares in the UK.
The UK has struggled with a long term decline in London listings, as US markets continue to attract new issuers.
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The promotion follows the reappointment of Nikhil Rathi for a second term as FCA CEO, which was announced earlier this month. He has been asked by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to prioritise competitiveness and risk-taking in this tenure.
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Boyd has been with the FCA since 2008, leading the markets policy department. Recent work in the division includes the DP24/4 report on crypto asset regulation, a developing focus of the FCA.
