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oil market participant

oil market participant

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1. a firm:
  1. (a) whose permission:
    1. (i) includes a requirement92 that the firm must not carry on any designated investment business other than oil market activity 92; and
    2. (ii) does not include a requirement92 that it comply with IPRU(INV) 5 (Investment management firms) or 13 (Personal investment firms); and
  2. (b) which is not an authorised professional firm, bank, BIPRU firm 92 (unless it is an exempt BIPRU commodities firm), IFPRU investment firm (unless it is an exempt IFPRU commodities firm), building society, credit union, friendly society, ICVC, insurer, MiFID investment firm (unless it is an exempt BIPRU commodities firm or exempt IFPRU commodities firm), media firm, service company, insurance intermediary, home finance administrator, mortgage intermediary, home finance provider, incoming EEA firm (without a top-up permission),92 incoming Treaty firm (without a top-up permission) or regulated benchmark administrator 92.