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specified investment

any of the following investments specified in Part III of the Regulated Activities Order (Specified Investments):

  1. (a) deposit (article 74);
  2. (aa) electronic money (article 74A);
  3. (b) contract of insurance (article 75); for the purposes of the permission regime, this is sub-divided into:
    1. (i) general insurance contract;
    2. (ii) long-term insurance contract;
    and then further sub-divided into classes of contract of insurance;
  4. (c) share (article 76);
  5. (d) debenture (article 77);
  6. (e) government and public security (article 78);
  7. (f) warrant (article 79);
  8. (g) certificate representing certain securities (article 80);
  9. (h) unit (article 81);
  10. (i) stakeholder pension scheme (article 82);
  11. (j) option (article 83); for the purposes of the permission regime, this is sub-divided into:
    1. (i) option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future);
    2. (ii) commodity option and an option on a commodity future;
  12. (k) future (article 84); for the purposes of the permission regime, this is sub-divided into:
    1. (i) future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract);
    2. (ii) commodity future;
    3. (iii) rolling spot forex contract;
  13. (l) contract for differences (article 85); for the purposes of the permission regime, this is sub-divided into:
    1. (i) contract for differences (excluding a spread bet and a rolling spot forex contract);
    2. (ii) spread bet;
    3. (iii) rolling spot forex contract;
  14. (m) underwriting capacity of a Lloyd's syndicate (article 86(1));
  15. (n) membership of a Lloyd's syndicate (article 86(2));
  16. (o) funeral plan contract (article 87);
  17. (oa) regulated mortgage contract (article 61(3);1518
  18. (p) rights to or interests in investments (article 89).547