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designated investment

  1. (1) a security or a contractually-based investment112 (other than a funeral plan contract and a right to or interest in a funeral plan contract), that is, any of the following investments, specified in Part III of the Regulated Activities Order (Specified Investments):106
    1. (a) life policy (subset of article 75 (Contracts of insurance));
    2. (b) share (article 76);
    3. (c) debenture (article 77);
    4. (ca) alternative debenture (article 77A);
    5. (d) government and public security (article 78);
    6. (e) warrant (article 79);
    7. (f) certificate representing certain securities (article 80);
    8. (g) unit (article 81);
    9. (h) stakeholder pension scheme (article 82(1))
    10. (ha) personal pension scheme (article 82(2));
    11. (hab) pension scheme which provides safeguarded benefits (article 82(3)) (but only in relation to advising on conversion or transfer of pension benefits);117
    12. (hb) 124 emissions auction product (article 82A); 139112
    13. (hc) emissions allowance (article 82B);112
    14. (i) 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 option on a commodity future;
    15. (j) 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;
    16. (k) 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;
      4. (iv) binary bet;115
    17. (l) rights to or interests in investments in (a) to (k) (article 89);106
  2. (2) a P2P agreement; and106
  3. (3) a long-term care insurance contract which is a pure protection contract.106
  4. (4) (in COLL) in addition and to the extent it does not fall within (1), a security or a contractually-based investment which would have been within the definition of “designated investment” in the FCA Handbook immediately before IP completion day137.124