The investigation into Jes Staley's attempts to discover the identity of an apparent whistleblower at Barclays comes at a sensitive moment, with the UK's new regulatory regime governing senior managers and whistleblowing at banks still bedding in. The senior managers' rules came into force in March 2016, while associated whistleblowing guidelines for major UK banks (those with more than £250m of assets) came into effect last September.
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