Fast-growing firms must increase controls, governance in step

Published on: 14/08/2026 00:00

The FCA warned high-growth firms that their risk and compliance frameworks must keep pace with the growth of their business, and remain proportionate to firms’ size, complexity and pace of growth.

Partner at Pathlight Associates, Maria Symeon, spoke to Lindsey Rogerson at Compliance Corylated highlighting, ‘We know that embedding strong governance and compliance frameworks from the outset both mitigates risk and can accelerate growth, avoiding the pitfalls the FCA has highlighted in its findings.’

But what firms sometimes overlook is the bigger challenge which Maria sees as ‘ensuring that leaders at the helms of newly regulated firms have the breadth of vision, the right strategic skills, and a forward-thinking mindset to ensure the sustainability of their firms’.

Read Maria Symeon’ comments in the full article published in Compliance Corylated.