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client money
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Effective Date: 1st November 2024
client money
(1) [deleted] (2) (in CASS 5 ) subject to the client money rules , money of any currency which, in the course of carrying on insurance distribution activity 223 , a firm holds on behalf of a client or…
total amount payable
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Effective Date: 1st May 2024
total amount payable
58 (1) (except in CONC , SUP 16 Annex 21R 117 or MCOB ) the total charge for credit plus the total amount of credit advanced. 58 (2) (in CONC and SUP 16 Annex 21R 117 ) the sum of the total charge for…
securitisation
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Effective Date: 1st November 2024
securitisation
45 120 (1) (subject to (2) and (4 223 )) a process by which assets are sold to a bankruptcy-remote special purpose vehicle in return for immediate cash payment and that vehicle raises the immediate ca…
total charge for credit
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Effective Date: 1st May 2024
total charge for credit
55 (1) (except in CONC and SUP 16 Annex 21R 117 ) the total of the charges (determined as at the date of making the contract) specified in MCOB 10.4.2 R as applying in relation to the secured lending…
running-account credit
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Effective Date: 1st May 2024
running-account credit
123 (1) (except in CONC and SUP 16 Annex 21R 225 ) (in accordance with section 10(1)(a) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974) a facility under a contract by which the customer is enabled to receive from ti…
fixed-sum credit
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Effective Date: 1st May 2024
fixed-sum credit
(1) (except in CONC and SUP 16 Annex 21R 149 ) (in accordance with section 10(1)(b) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974) any facility under a contract, other than running-account credit , by which the cus…
SUP 16.1 Application
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Effective Date: 1st May 2024
SUP 16.1 Application
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GEN Sch 4 Powers exercised
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Effective Date: 30th September 2024
GEN Sch 4 Powers exercised
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GEN Sch 4 Powers exercised
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Effective Date: 1st November 2024
GEN Sch 4 Powers exercised
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relevant business
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st April 2025
relevant business
131 131 (1) (in DISP and FEES ) that part of a firm's business 240 227 which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service as provided for in DISP 2.3 (To which activities does the…
network
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Effective Date: 1st November 2024
network
102 (1) (other than in SECN ) a firm : (a) which has five or more appointed representatives (not counting introducer appointed representatives ) 16 ; or (b) whose appointed representatives , not count…
security
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Effective Date: 1st May 2024
security
119 122 (1) (except in LR , CONC and SUP 16 Annex 21R 222 ) (in accordance with article 3(1) of the Regulated Activities Order (Interpretation)) any of the following investments specified in that Orde…
execute
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Effective Date: 1st May 2024
execute
(1) 165 (in relation to a transaction) carry into effect or perform the transaction, whether as principal or as agent, including instructing another person to execute the transaction. 4 165 (2) (in SU…
client money rules
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st November 2024
client money rules
(1) [deleted] (2) (in CASS 5 ) CASS 5.1 to CASS 5.5 . (3) (in SECN 281 , CASS 3 , CASS 6 , CASS 7 , CASS 7A , 158 COBS and FEES 160 ) CASS 7.10 to CASS 7.19 166 .
occupational pension scheme
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st November 2024
occupational pension scheme
24 116 (1) (other than in SECN ) a scheme specified in Article 3(1) of the Regulated Activities Order (Interpretation)) which is, in summary, a pension scheme established for the purpose of providing…
MIFIDPRU 7.7 ICARA process: assessing and monitoring the adequacy of liquid assets
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Effective Date: 1st November 2024
MIFIDPRU 7.7 ICARA process: assessing and monitoring the adequacy of liquid assets
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Search Functionality and Timeline Features
Publish Date: 15th January 2016
Enhanced Search functionality is available for the FCA Handbook online. For help on how best to use this tool, please see Search section of the Guide to using this website . With timeline options, you…
Index of Forms in the FCA Handbook
Publish Date: 14th August 2015
This table lists all the forms held in the FCA Handbook. Column 1 lists in alphabetical order by module the provision where the form is to be found and column 2 gives the form title. Provision Form Ti…
Handbook: updates to IPRU-INV and EG
Publish Date: 12th February 2016
We are converting the Interim Prudential Sourcebook for Investment Businesses (IPRU-INV) and the Enforcement Guide (EG) from PDF content to HTML web pages. We are doing this so that all the tools and…
Guide to using this website
Publish Date: 13th January 2016
We have produced a guide to using this website which is available here: https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/help . We have also produced a quick video guide to the new layout and features of this site. Th…