1COBS applies to an OPS firm when it carries on business which is not MiFID or equivalent third country business, with the following modifications:
- (1)
references to client are to be taken to be references to the OPS or welfare trust, as the case may be, in respect of which the OPS firm is acting or intends to act, and with or for the benefit of whom the relevant business is to be carried on;
- (2)
if an OPS firm is required by any COBSrule to provide information to, or obtain consent from, a client, that firm must ensure that the information is provided to, or consent obtained from, each of the trustees of the OPS or welfare trust for whom that firm is acting; and
- (3)
COBS is modified by the addition of the rules in the table below:
Additional COBS rules applicable to an OPS firm |
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COBS |
Description |
16.2.6R (4) |
If an OPS firm carries on OPS activity for an OPS trustee who is a professional client and who is habitually resident in the United Kingdom, it may rely upon the exceptions in COBS 16.2.1 R (2) or COBS 16.2.6 R (1) only if it provides a periodic statement to the professional client containing the information required by COBS 18.8.2R |