1Activity |
Products/Sectors |
Is there an appropriate examinationrequirement? |
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Designated investment business carried on for a retail client |
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Providing basic advice |
1. |
Stakeholder products excluding a deposit-based stakeholder product |
No |
Advising |
2. |
Securities which are not stakeholder pension schemes or broker funds |
Yes |
3. |
Yes2 |
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4. |
Packaged products which are not broker funds |
Yes2 |
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5. |
Friendly Societylife policies where the employee is not reasonably expected to receive a remuneration of greater than £1000 a year in respect of such sales |
No2 |
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6. |
Friendly Society tax-exempt policies |
Yes2 |
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7. |
Yes2 |
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8. |
Investments in the course of corporate finance business |
Yes2 |
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9. |
Yes2 |
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Undertaking the activity in column 2 |
10. |
Yes |
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11. |
Yes2 |
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Advising and dealing |
12. |
Securities which are not stakeholder pension schemes or broker funds |
Yes |
13. |
Yes2 |
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Managing |
14. |
Yes |
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Overseeing on a day-to-day basis |
15. |
Operating a collective investment scheme or undertaking the activities of a trustee or depositary of a collective investment scheme |
Yes |
16. |
Safeguarding and administering investments or holding client money |
Yes2 |
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17. |
Administrative functions in relation to managing investments |
Yes2 |
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18. |
Administrative functions in relation to effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance which are life policies |
Yes2 |
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19. |
Administrative functions in relation to the operation of stakeholder pension schemes |
Yes2 |
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Regulated mortgage activity and reversion activity carried on for a customer |
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Advising |
20. |
Regulated mortgage contracts for a non-business purpose |
Yes |
21. |
Yes2 |
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Designing scripted questions for non-advised sales |
22. |
Yes |
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Overseeing non-advised sales on a day-to-day basis |
23. |
Yes |
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Non-investment insurance business carried on for a consumer |
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Advising |
24. |
No |
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3Regulated sale and rent back activity carried on for a customer |
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Advising |
25. |
No |
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Overseeing non-advised saleson a day-to-day basis |
26. |
No |
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Notes: |
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1. |
In the Appendix the heading and types of business specified in the headings are to be read in conjunction with the paragraphs appearing beneath them. |
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2. |
Thus, for example, paragraph 24consistent with the heading above it3, refers only to advice on non-investment insurance contracts given to a consumer. 3 |
Related provisions for MCOB 5.6.49
81 - 89 of 89 items.
- (1)
This rule applies to a firm which:
- (a)
carries on:
- (i)
- (ii)
home finance mediation activity1(or both); and
1
- (b)
in relation to those activities, holds client money or other client assets;
- (a)
but is not carrying on home financing1orhome finance administration1.
1111- (2)
In calculating its capital resources, the firm must exclude any amount by which the aggregate amount of its subordinated loans and its redeemable preference shares exceeds the amount calculated as follows:
four times (a - b - c); |
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where: |
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a |
= |
items 1 to 5 in the Table of items which are eligible to contribute to a firm's capital resources (see MIPRU 4.4.2 R) |
b |
= |
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c |
= |
the amount of its intangible assets (but not goodwill until 14 January 2008 - see transitional provision 1). |
A debt security is a qualifying debt security if:(1) it qualifies for a credit quality step under the standardised approach to credit risk corresponding at least to investment grade; or(2) it has a PD which, because of the solvency of the issuer, is not higher than that of the debt securities referred to under (1) under the IRB approach; or(3) it is a debt security for which a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is unavailable and which meets the following conditions:(a) it
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