SYSC 1.1A Application

[Note: ESMA has also issued guidelines under article 16(3) of the ESMA Regulation covering:

- various topics relating to automated trading and direct electronic access. See

http://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/2015/11/esma_2012_122_en.pdf; and

- certain aspects of the MiFID suitability requirements which also deal with the system and control aspects of suitability. See http://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/2015/11/2012-387_en.pdf.]

SYSC 1.1A.1G01/10/2018

1The application of this sourcebook is summarised at a high level in the following table. The detailed application is cut back in SYSC 1 Annex 1 and in the text of each chapter.

Type of firm	Applicable chapters
Insurer, UK ISPV 13	Chapters 2, 3, 12 5 to 18, 19F.2,14 213, 2211, 2814 5
Managing agent	Chapters 2, 3, 11, 12, 18, 19F.2,14 213, 2211, 2814
Society	Chapters 2, 3, 12, 18, 19F.2,14 213, 2211, 2814
Every other firm	Chapters 4 to 12, 18, 19D, 19F.2,14 216, 2211, 2814 6 2 4 4 6 3 6

Firms that SYSC 19D applies to should also refer to the Remuneration part of the PRA Rulebook 13.

SYSC 1.1A.1AG01/10/2018

6The application of this sourcebook to specific14 firms that are not PRA-authorised persons is summarised at a high level in the following table. The detailed application is cut back in SYSC 1 Annex 1 and in the text of each chapter.

Type of firm	Applicable chapters
Full-scope UK AIFM	Chapters11 4 to 10, 12, 18, 1219B, 19F.2,14 21, 2211, 2814
BIPRU firm (including a third-country BIPRU firm)	Chapters 4 to 10, 12, 18, 19C, 19F.2,14 20,10 21, 2211, 2814
IFPRU investment firm (including an overseas firm that would have been an IFPRU investment firm if it had been a UK domestic firm)	Chapters 4 to 10, 12, 18, 19A, 19F.2,14 20,10 21, 2211, 2814

SYSC 1.1A.2G01/10/2018

21The provisions in SYSC should be read in conjunction with GEN 2.2.23 R to GEN 2.2.25 G. In particular:

(1)
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(2)
Provisions made by the FCA, and by the9 PRA in the PRA Rulebook,9 may be applied by both regulators to PRA-authorised persons. Such provisions are applied by each regulator to the extent of its powers and regulatory responsibilities.9
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(3)
5For Solvency II firms, the FCA considers that the requirements and guidance 14 in Chapters 2, 3, 12 to 18,11 19F.2,14 21, 22 and 2814 of SYSC are not inconsistent with: 7
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1. (a)
  the parts of the PRA Rulebook implementing the governance provisions in the Solvency II Directive (articles 40 to 49);7
2. (b)
  the Solvency II Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 (articles 258 to 275), or7
3. (c)
  EIOPA guidelines on systems of governance dated 28 January 2015.7
In most cases, there is no direct overlap with those provisions because the SYSC requirements are directed at FCA conduct requirements not expressly covered by or under the Solvency II Directive. Where there is a direct overlap with SYSC rules and guidance, the FCA will take the Solvency II Directive derived requirements and guidelines 7into account and will interpret the SYSC rules and guidance in a way that avoids inconsistency. The definition of Solvency II firm includes (for SYSC) large non-directive insurers because the PRA have applied certain Solvency II derived requirements to those firms. Where SYSC refers to the PRA Rulebook applicable to Solvency II firms, large non-directive insurers should read those references as if they were references to the corresponding part of the PRA Rulebook applicable to large non-directive insurers.8

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