designated investment business

any of the following activities, specified in Part II of the Regulated Activities Order (Specified Activities), which is carried on by way of business:

1. (a) dealing in investments as principal (article 14), but disregarding the exclusion in article 15 (Absence of holding out etc);
2. (b) dealing in investments as agent (article 21) but only in relation to designated investments;
3. (ba) MiFID business bidding (part of bidding in emissions auctions) (article 24A);
4. (c) arranging (bringing about) deals in investments (article 25(1)), but only in relation to designated investments;
5. (d) making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments (article 25(2)), but only in relation to designated investments;
6. (da) operating a multilateral trading facility (article 25D);
7. 88(db) operating an electronic system in relation to lending (article 36H) but only in relation to facilitating a person becoming a lender under a P2P agreement and in relation to the supplemental activities in article 36H(3)(a), (b) and (d);
8. (e) managing investments (article 37), but only if the assets consist of or include (or may consist of or include) designated investments;
9. (ea) assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance, but only if the contract of insurance is a designated investment.
10. (f) safeguarding and administering investments (article 40), but only if the assets consist of or include (or may consist of or include) designated investments; for the purposes of the permission regime, this is sub-divided into:
    1. (i) safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging);
    2. (ii) arranging safeguarding and administration of assets;
11. (g) sending dematerialised instructions (article 45(1));
12. (h) causing dematerialised instructions to be sent (article 45(2));
13. (i) establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme (article 51(1)(a)); for the purposes of the permission regime, this is sub-divided into:
    1. (i) establishing, operating or winding up a regulated collective investment scheme;
    2. (ii) arranging safeguarding and administration of assets;
14. (j) acting as trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme (article 51(1)(b));
15. (k) acting as the depositary or sole director of an open-ended investment company (article 51(1)(c));
16. (ka) acting as the depositary of an authorised contractual scheme (article 51(1)(bb));
17. (l) establishing, operating or winding up a stakeholder pension scheme (article 52(a))
18. (la) establishing, operating or winding up a personal pension scheme (article 52(b));
19. (lb) providing basic advice on a stakeholder product (article 52B);
20. (m) advising on investments (article 53), but only in relation to designated investments; for the purposes of the permission regime, this is sub-divided into:
    1. (i) advising on investments (except pension transfers and pension opt-outs);
    2. (ii) advising on pension transfers and pension opt-outs;
21. (n) agreeing to carry on a regulated activity in (a) to (h) and (m) (article 64).
22. (o) [deleted]
23. (p) managing a UCITS;
24. (q) acting as trustee or depositary of a UCITS;
25. (r) managing an AIF;
26. (s) acting as trustee or depositary of an AIF;
27. (t) establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme.