network

a firm:12

1. (a) which has five or more appointed representatives (not counting introducer appointed representatives)16; or
2. (b) whose appointed representatives, not counting introducer appointed representatives16 (and 16being fewer than five) have, between them, 26 or more representatives;12

but not:12

1. (i) a product provider; or 12
2. (ii) a firm which markets the packaged products of a product provider which is in the same group as the firm and which does so other than by selecting products from the whole market; or12
3. (iii) an insurer in relation to a non-investment insurance contract; or 12
4. (iv) a mortgage lender.212