Latest News, Updates and Changes
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CTPS 1.1 Who?
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
CTPS 1.1 Who?
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supply chain
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st January 2025
supply chain
228 (in CTPS ) the network of persons that provide infrastructure, goods, services or other inputs directly or indirectly used by a critical third party to deliver, support or maintain a systemic thir…
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post-trade transparency information
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2025
post-trade transparency information
227 information about a transaction as set out in MAR 11 Annex 2 Tables 1 , 2 and 4 , using the applicable flags listed in MAR 11 Annex 2 Table 3 .
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CTP operational incident
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
CTP operational incident
286 either a single event or a series of linked events that: (a) causes serious disruption to the delivery of a systemic third party service ; or (b) impacts the critical third party’s operations such…
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oversight function
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st January 2025
oversight function
120 (in CTPS ) a function conferred by the Act on a regulator in relation to critical third parties .
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portfolio trade
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2025
portfolio trade
227 transactions in 5 or more different bond instruments where those transactions are traded at the same time by the same client and as a single lot against a specific reference price.
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person connected with a critical third party
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
person connected with a critical third party
229 has the same meaning as in section 312P(10) of the Act (Critical third parties), and the reference to any relevant time means any time relevant for the application of the relevant rule in CTPS .
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CTP Fundamental Rules
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
CTP Fundamental Rules
286 the rules set out in CTPS 3.2 (The CTP Fundamental Rules).
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CTPS 2.1 Purpose
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
CTPS 2.1 Purpose
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per user basis
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2025
per user basis
227 the charging by trading venue operators and systematic internalisers for the use of market data according to the use made by the individual end-users of the market data.
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CTPS 1.3 Where?
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
CTPS 1.3 Where?
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incident management playbook exercise
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st January 2025
incident management playbook exercise
196 a simulation of a CTP operational incident (based on severe but plausible scenarios) designed to assess the effectiveness of one or more aspects of a critical third party’s incident management pla…
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category 2 instrument
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2025
category 2 instrument
285 a debt security , derivative , structured finance product or emission allowance which is not a category 1 instrument .
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CTP duties
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
CTP duties
286 the duties and obligations placed upon a critical third party by or under the Act , including the rules in CTPS .
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package transaction
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2025
package transaction
227 either: (1) a transaction in a transparency instrument contingent on the simultaneous execution of a transaction in an equivalent quantity of an underlying physical asset (also known as an ‘exchan…
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transparency investment firm
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2024
transparency investment firm
122 a person who is either: (1) a MiFID investment firm , except a collective portfolio management investment firm ; or (2) a third country investment firm subject to GEN 2.2.22AR , who deals on own a…
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designated reporter
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2025
designated reporter
159 a transparency investment firm that appears on the FCA’s register of designated reporters .
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incident management playbook
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Effective Date: 1st January 2025
incident management playbook
196 a document setting out at least the matters required by CTPS 4.8.1R(3) .
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category 1 instrument
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st December 2025
category 1 instrument
285 a financial instrument of a type specified in column A of the table in MAR 11 Annex 1R which fulfils the conditions set out in columns B to D (as applicable) of that table.
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critical third party
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 1st January 2025
critical third party
286 a person designated by the Treasury in regulations made under section 312L(1) of the Act (Critical third parties).