Assets and Off-Balance Sheet Items |
Risk Factor |
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Assets |
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Cash at bank and in hand and equivalent items |
NIL |
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Assets secured by acceptable collateral including deposits and certificates of deposit with lending institutions |
NIL |
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Amount due from trustees of authorised unit trusts or depositaries of authorised contractual schemes |
NIL |
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Note 1 |
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This only applies to firms who are authorised unit trust managers in relation to authorised unit trusts or authorised contractual scheme managers in relation to authorised contractual schemes they manage. |
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Amount due from depositaries of ICVCs |
NIL |
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Note 2 |
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This only applies to firms who are authorised corporate directors in relation to ICVCs they operate |
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Other receivables due from or explicitly guaranteed by or deposits with category a bodies |
NIL |
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Other receivables due from or explicitly guaranteed by or deposits with category b bodies |
1.6% |
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Pre-payments and accrued income (see paragraph 10 of IPRU-INV 5.8.2R) |
8% |
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NIL |
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Deferred acquisition cost asset |
NIL |
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All other assets |
8% |
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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS |
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Full Risk Items e.g. |
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Charges granted against assets |
8% x counterparty weight (see IPRU-INV 5.14.1R) |
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Guarantees given |
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Medium Risk Items e.g. |
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Undrawn credit facilities granted by the firm with an original maturity of more than one year |
4% x counterparty weight (see IPRU-INV 5.14.1R) |
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Low Risk Items e.g. |
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Undrawn credit facilities granted by the firm with an original maturity of one year or less |
NIL |
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Note |
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(1) |
In determining the appropriate other assets requirement (OAR) for guarantees given in a group context, a firm should follow the calculation below: |
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(a) |
Categorise the guarantee agreements into: |
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(i) |
those with the character of credit substitutes; or |
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(ii) |
those not having the character of credit substitutes; or |
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(iii) |
agreements to provide guarantees. |
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(b) |
Calculate the weighted value. |
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(i) |
For guarantees falling under (1)(a)(i), the weighted value will be 100% of the estimated current year liability under the guarantee. |
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(ii) |
For guarantees falling under (1)(a)(ii) the weighted value will be 50% of the estimated current year liability under the guarantee. |
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(iii) |
For guarantees falling under (1)(a)(iii), the weighted value will be nil. |
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(c) |
The OAR is calculated as: |
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Weighted value x 8% x counterparty weighting (IPRU-INV 5.14.1R) |
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(2) |
For the purpose of this requirement, in assessing whether the guarantee has the characteristics of a credit substitute the following factors should be considered: |
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(a) |
do the agreements allow for periodic or ad-hoc calling of funds; |
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(b) |
have the guarantees been drawn upon on a regular basis; |
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(c) |
do firms in the group rely on such guarantees to meet their working capital or regulatory capital requirements? |
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(3) |
Where a firm is part of a group including other FCA regulated entities which together have entered into cross-group guarantee arrangements which give rise to an OAR, the estimate of the potential liability under the guarantee may be apportioned between the regulated entities for the purpose of calculating each firm's OAR. |
Related provisions for PERG 4.4.6
Part II RAO Activities13 |
Part III RAO Investments |
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1. |
Reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments |
Article 252 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
2. |
Execution of orders on behalf of clients |
Article 14, 21 |
A Article 76-81,82B,12 83-85, 89 |
3. |
Dealing on own account |
Article 14 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
4. |
Portfolio management |
Article 37 (14, 21, 25 - see Note 1) 2 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
5. |
Investment advice |
Article 53(1)10 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
6. |
Underwriting of financial instruments and/or placing of financial instruments on a firm commitment basis |
Article 14, 21 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
7. |
Placing of financial instruments without a firm commitment basis |
Article 21, 25 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
8. |
Operation of Multilateral Trading Facilities |
Article 25D5 (see Note 2) 5 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
12 9. |
Operation of an OTF |
Article 25DA (see Note 3) |
Article 77, 77A, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82B, 83-85, 89 |
Ancillary services |
Part II RAO Activities |
Part III RAO Investments |
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1. |
Safekeeping and administration of financial instruments for the account of clients, including custodianship and related services such as cash/collateral management |
Article 40, 45, 64 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
2. |
Granting credits or loans to an investor to allow him to carry out a transaction in one or more of the relevant instruments where the firm granting the credit or loan is involved |
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3. |
Advice to undertakings on capital structure, industrial strategy and related matters and advice and services relating to mergers and the purchase of undertakings |
Article 14, 21, 25, 53(1)10, 64 |
Article 76-80, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
4. |
Foreign exchange services where these are connected with the provision of investment services |
Article 14, 21, 25, 53(1)10, 64 |
Article 83-85, 89 |
5. |
Investment research and financial analysis or other forms of general recommendation relating to transactions in financial instruments |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
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6. |
Services related to underwriting |
Article 25, 53(1)10, 64 |
Article 76-81, 82B,12 83-85, 89 |
7. |
Investment services and activities as well as ancillary services of the type included under Section A or B of Annex I related to the underlying of the derivatives included under Section C 5, 6, 7 and 10-where these are connected to the provision of investment or ancillary services. |
Article 14, 21, 25, 25D,5 37, 53(1)10, 64 5 |
Article 83 and 84 |
Note 1. A firm may also carry on these other activities when it is managing investments.2 |
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Note 2. A firm operating an MTF under article 25D5 does not need to have a permission covering other regulated activities, unless it performs other regulated activities in addition to operating an MTF. 5 |
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Note 3. A firm operating an OTF under article 25DA does not need to have a permission covering other regulated activities, unless it performs other regulated activities in addition to operating an OTF.12 |
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13Note 4: A firm which provides investment research and financial analysis or other forms of general recommendation relating to transactions in financial instruments does not need permission under article 53(1) of the Regulated Activities Order if it is appropriately authorised (see article 53(1) to (1D) of the Regulated Activities Order). |