UCITS investment firm

a firm which:

1. (a) is a management company (whether or not it is also the manager of AIFs or the operator56 of other collective investment schemes); and
2. (b) has a Part 4A permission (or an equivalent permission from its Home State regulator) to manage investments where:
   1. (i) the investments managed include one or more of the instruments listed in Section C of Annex 1 to MiFID; and
   2. (ii) the permission extends to activities permitted by article 6(3) of the UCITS Directive as well as those permitted by article 6(2).