CASS 7 Annex 4 Authorised central counterparty acknowledgment letter template
[letterhead of firm subject to CASS 7.18.4 R 1 , including full name and address of authorised central counterparty]
[name and address of counterparty]
[date]
Client Money Acknowledgment Letter (pursuant to the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority)
We refer to the following transaction account[s] which [name of CASS firm], regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Firm Reference Number [FRN]), ("us", "we" or "our") has opened or will open with [name of authorised Central counterparty] ("you" or "your"):
[insert the account title[s], the account unique identifier[s] (for example, as relevant, account number, reference code or pool ID) and (if applicable) any abbreviated name of the account[s] as reflected in the authorised central counterparty's systems]
([collectively,] the "Client Transaction Account[s]").
In relation to [each of] the Client Transaction Account[s] identified above we are writing to put you on notice that:
1(a) we are under an obligation to keep money we hold belonging to our clients separate from our own money;
(b) we have opened, or will open, the Client Transaction Account for the purpose of placing money with you on behalf of our clients in connection with carrying out one or more transactions with or through you;
(c) you are instructed to promptly credit to this Client Transaction Account any money you receive in respect of any transaction that we have notified to you as being carried out on behalf of our clients;
(d) all money standing to the credit of the Client Transaction Account is payable to us in our capacity as trustee under the laws applicable to us, except where, as a part of your default management process in respect of a default by us, you transfer money credited to the Client Transaction Account to anyone other than us in accordance with article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of 4 July 2012;
(e) you do not have any recourse or right against money credited to the Client Transaction Account in respect of any sum owed to you, or owed to any third party, on any other account (including any account we use for our own money), and this means for example that you do not have any right to combine the Client Transaction Account with any other account and any right of set-off or counterclaim against money in the Client Transaction Account; and
(f) we understand the title of the Client Transaction Account is, or will be, as stated above and that such title is different to the title of any other account containing money that is payable to us in a capacity other than as trustee or is payable to any third party.
[Please confirm your receipt of this letter by signing and returning the enclosed copy of this letter as soon as possible.]
For and on behalf of [name of CASS firm]
x___________________________
Authorised Signatory
Print Name:
Title:
[RECEIPT CONFIRMED:
For and on behalf of [name of counterparty]
x___________________________
Authorised Signatory
Print Name:
Title:
Contact Information: [insert signatory's phone number and email address]
Date:]