Related provisions for PERG 7.7.5
Table: list of general guidance to be found in PERG.
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Applicable to: |
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Authorisation and regulated activities |
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Issuing e-money |
a person who needs to know
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Regulated activities connected with mortgages |
any person who needs to know whether the activities he conducts in relation to mortgages are subject to FSA regulation. This is likely to include:
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the scope of relevant orders (in particular, the Regulated Activities Order) as respects activities concerned with mortgages |
Insurance mediation activities |
any person who needs to know whether he carries on insurance mediation activities and is, thereby, subject to FSA regulation. This is likely to include:
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the scope of relevant orders (in particular, the Regulated Activities Order) as respects activities concerned with the sale or administration of insurance |
Identification of contracts of insurance |
any person who needs to know whether a contract with which he is involved is a contract of insurance |
the general principles and range of specific factors that the FSA regards as relevant in deciding whether any arrangement is a contract of insurance |
Periodical publications, news services and broadcasts: application for certification |
any person who needs to know whether he will be regulated for providing advice about investments through the medium of a periodical publication, a broadcast or a news service |
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Financial promotion and related activities |
any person who needs to know
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Meaning of open-ended investment company |
any person who needs to know whether a body corporate is an open-ended investment company as defined in section 236 of the Act (Open-ended investment companies) and is therefore a collective investment scheme. |
the circumstances in which a body corporate will be an open-ended investment company |
Activities related to pension schemes |
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This table belongs to COLL 3.2.4 R (Matters which must be included in the instrument constituting the scheme)
Name of scheme |
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A statement of: |
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(1) |
the name of the authorised fund; and |
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(2) |
whether the authorised fund is a UCITS scheme or a non-UCITS retail scheme. |
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Investment powers in eligible markets |
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2 |
A statement that, subject to any restriction in the rules in this sourcebook or the instrument constituting the scheme, the scheme has the power to invest in any eligible securities market or deal on any eligible derivatives market to the extent that power to do so is conferred by COLL 5 (Investment and borrowing powers). |
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Unitholder's liability to pay |
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3 |
A provision that a unitholder is not liable to make any further payment after he has paid the price of his units and that no further liability can be imposed on him in respect of the units which he holds. |
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Base currency |
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4 |
A statement of the base currency of the scheme. |
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Valuation and pricing |
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5 |
A statement setting out the basis for the valuation and pricing of the scheme. |
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Duration of the scheme |
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6 |
If the scheme is to be wound up after a particular period expires, a statement to that effect. |
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Object of the scheme |
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7 |
A statement: |
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(1) |
as to the object of the scheme, in particular the types of investments and assets in which it and each sub-fund (where applicable) may invest; and |
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(2) |
that the object of the scheme is to invest in property of that kind with the aim of spreading investment risk and giving unitholders the benefits of the results of the management of that property. |
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Government and public securities: investment in one issuer |
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8 |
Where relevant, for a UCITS scheme, a statement in accordance with COLL 5.2.12 R (Spread: government and public securities) as to the individual states or bodies in which over 35% of the value of the scheme may be invested in government and public securities. |
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Classes of unit |
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9 |
A statement: |
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(1) |
specifying the classes of unit that may be issued, and for a scheme which is an umbrella, the classes that may be issued in respect of each sub-fund; and |
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(2) |
if the rights of any class of unit differ, a statement describing those differences in relation to the differing classes. |
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Authorised fund manager's charges and expenses |
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10 |
A statement setting out the basis on which the authorised fund manager may make a charge and recover expenses out of the scheme property. |
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Issue or cancellation directly through the ICVC or trustee |
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11 |
Where relevant, a statement authorising the issue or cancellation of units to take place through the ICVC or trustee directly. |
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In specie issue and cancellation |
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12 |
Where relevant, a statement authorising payment for the issue or cancellation of units to be made by the transfer of assets other than cash. |
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Restrictions on sale and redemption |
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13 |
Where relevant, the restrictions which will apply in relation to the sale and redemption of units under COLL 6.2.16 R (Sale and redemption). |
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Voting at meetings |
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14 |
The manner in which votes may be given at a meeting of unitholders under COLL 4.4.8 R (Voting rights). |
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Certificates |
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15 |
A statement: |
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(1) |
authorising the issue of bearer certificates if any, and how such holders are to identify themselves; and |
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(2) |
authorising the person responsible for the register to charge for issuing any document recording, or for amending, an entry on the register, other than on the issue or sale of units. |
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Income |
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16 |
A statement setting out the basis for the distribution or re-investment of income. |
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Income equalisation |
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17 |
Where relevant, a provision for income equalisation. |
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Redemption or cancellation of units on breach of law or rules |
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18 |
A statement that where any holding of units by a unitholder is (or is reasonably considered by the authorised fund manager to be) an infringement of any law, governmental regulation or rule, those units must be redeemed or cancelled. |
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ICVCs: larger and smaller denomination shares |
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19 |
A statement of the proportion of a larger denomination share represented by a smaller denomination share for any relevant unit class. |
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ICVCs: resolution to remove a director |
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20 |
A statement that the ICVC may (without prejudice to the requirements of regulation 21 of the OEIC Regulations (The Authority's approval for certain changes in respect of a company), by a resolution passed by a simple majority of the votes validly cast for and against the resolution at a general meeting of unitholders, remove a director before his period of office expires, despite anything else in the ICVC's instrument of incorporation or in any agreement between the ICVC and that director. |
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ICVCs: unit transfers |
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21 |
A statement that the person designated for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the OEIC Regulations (Share transfers) or for an ICVC established in Northern Ireland, paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Open-Ended Investment Companies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (SR 2004/335) is the person who, for the time being, is the ACD of the ICVC.1 |
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ICVCs: Charges and expenses |
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22 |
A statement that charges or expenses of the ICVC may be taken out of the scheme property. |
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AUTs: governing law for a trust deed |
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23 |
A statement that the trust deed is made under and governed by the law of England and Wales, Wales or Scotland or Northern Ireland. |
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AUTs: trust deed to be binding and authoritative |
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24 |
A statement that the trust deed: |
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is binding on each unitholder as if it had been a party to it and that it is bound by its provisions; and |
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(2) |
authorises and requires the trustee and the manager to do the things required or permitted of them by its terms. |
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AUTs: declaration of trust |
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25 |
A declaration that, subject to the provisions of the trust deed and all rules made under section 247 of the Act (Trust scheme rules) and for the time being in force: |
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the scheme property (other than sums standing to the credit of the distribution account) is held by the trustee on trust for the unitholders according to the number of units held by each unitholder or, where relevant, according to the number of undivided shares in the scheme property represented by the units held by each unitholder; and |
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(2) |
the sums standing to the credit of the distribution account are held by the trustee on trust to distribute or apply them in accordance with COLL 6.8 (Income: accounting, allocation and distribution). |
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AUTs: trustee's remuneration |
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26 |
Where relevant, a statement authorising payments to the trustee by way of remuneration for its services to be paid (in whole or in part) out of the scheme property. |
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AUTs: responsibility for the register |
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A statement identifying the person responsible under the rules for the maintenance of the register. |