Related provisions for GENPRU 2.2.84A

COLL 5.1.4G06/03/2010

This table belongs to COLL 5.1.2G (2).

Scheme investments and investment techniques	Limits for UCITS schemes		Limits for non-UCITS retail schemes
	Permissible investment	Maximum limit	Permissible investment	Maximum limit
Approved securities	Yes	None	Yes	None
Transferable securities that are not approved securities	Yes	10%	Yes	20%
Government and public securities	Yes	None	Yes	None
Regulated schemes other than qualified investor schemes 1	Yes	None	Yes	None
Unregulated schemes and qualified investor schemes 1	No	N/A	Yes	20%(C)1
Warrants	Yes	None	Yes	None
Investment trusts	Yes	None	Yes	None
Deposits	Yes	None	Yes	None
Derivatives	Yes	None	Yes	None
Immovables (i.e real property)	No	N/A	Yes	None
Gold	No	N/A	Yes	10%
Hedging	Yes	None	Yes	None
Stock lending	Yes	None	Yes	None
Underwriting	Yes	None	Yes	None
Borrowing	Yes	10% (T)	Yes	10%
Cash and near cash	Yes	None	Yes	None
Note:	Meaning of terms used:
A percentage	an upper limit (though there may be limits of other kinds).
"(T)"	temporary only- see COLL 5.5.4R(4)
"N/A"	Not applicable1
1“(C)”	In the case of a non-UCITS retail scheme operating as a FAIF there is no maximum limit - see COLL 5.7.7 R.

LR 9.6.4R06/04/2010

A listed company must notify a RIS as soon as possible (unless otherwise indicated in this rule) of the following information relating to its capital:(1) any proposed change in its capital structure including the structure of its listeddebt securities, save that an announcement of a new issue may be delayed while marketing or underwriting is in progress;(2) [deleted]11(3) any redemption of listedshares including details of the number of shares redeemed and the number of shares

IFPRU 6.1.7G01/01/2014

If a firm is unable to provide assurance with regard to a particular option type which is currently within its permissions, a capital add-on may be applied and a rectification plan agreed. If a firm is unable to comply with the rectification plan within the mandated time-frame, further supervisory measures may be taken. This may include variation of a firm's Part 4A permission so that it is no longer allowed to trade those particular types of options for which it does not meet

SYSC 19C.1.7G01/01/2014

(1) The BIPRU Remuneration Code does not contain specific notification requirements. However, general circumstances in which the FCA expects to be notified by firms of matters relating to their compliance with requirements under the regulatory system are set out in SUP 15.3 (General notification requirements). (2) In particular, in relation to remuneration matters, such circumstances should take into account unregulated activities as well as regulated activities and the activities

BIPRU 9.11.7G01/01/2007

(1) This provision contains guidance on the requirement in BIPRU 9.11.6 R (1) that the composition of the pool of exposuressecuritised must be known at all times.(2) The composition should be known sufficiently at the time of purchase for the firm to be able accurately to calculate the risk weighted exposure amounts of the pool under the standardised approach.(3) Thereafter, any change to the composition of the pool during the life of the transaction that would lead to an increase

BIPRU 1.1.23R01/04/2014

(1) Dealing on own account means (for the purpose of GENPRU and BIPRU) the service of dealing in any financial instruments for own account as referred to in point 3 of Section A of Annex I to MiFID, subject to (2) and (3).99(2) In accordance with article 5(2) of the Capital Adequacy Directive (Definition of dealing on own account), a CAD investment firm that executes investors' orders for financial instruments and holds such financial instruments for its own account does not for

BIPRU 9.10.2R01/01/2007

In respect of a securitisation position in respect of which a 1250% risk weight is assigned, a firm may, as an alternative to including the position in its calculation of risk weighted exposure amounts, deduct from its capital resources the exposure value of the position. For these purposes, the calculation of the exposure value may reflect eligible funded protection in a manner consistent with BIPRU 9.14.[Note:BCD Annex IX Part 4 points 35, 74 and 75(b)]

APER 4.1.11G07/03/2016

3Behaviour of the type referred to in APER 4.1.10 G includes, but is not limited to, deliberately:(1) front running client orders;(2) carrying out unjustified trading on client accounts to generate a benefit (whether direct or indirect) to the approved person (that is, churning);(3) misappropriating a client's assets, including wrongly transferring to personal accounts cash or securities belonging to clients;(4) wrongly using one client's funds to settle margin calls or to cover

FEES 9.2.11R01/04/2015

PSR fees payable are stated net of VAT. Where VAT is applicable this must also be included.

PERG 8.5.3G01/04/2013

The position is slightly more blurred with individuals. The ‘in the course of business’ test is intended to exclude genuine non-business communications. Examples of these would be friends talking in a pub, letters between family members or e-mails sent by individuals using an Internet chat-room or bulletin board for personal reasons. An issue arises where capital is raised for small private companies. Where such a company is already in operation, it will be acting ‘in the course

IPRU-INV 5 App 1.1G05/11/2016

1The following words or terms throughout IPRU-INV 5 appearing in bold (other than headings and titles) are to have the meanings given to them below if not inconsistent with the subject or context. If a defined term is italicised the definition appearing in the main Handbook Glossary applies.

Term	Meaning
accounting reference date	means:
	(a)	the date to which a firm's accounts are prepared in order to comply with the relevant Companies Act legislation. In the case of a firm not subject to Companies Act legislation, the equivalent date selected by the firm; and
	(b)	in the case of an OPS firm which is not subject to the relevant Companies Act legislation, the date to which the accounts of the OPS in respect of which the firm acts are prepared.
annual expenditure	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.5.1 (Determination).
category a body	means:
	(a)	the government or central bank of a zone a country; or
	(b)	EU or Euratom (the European Atomic Energy Community); or
	(c)	the government or central bank of any other country, provided the receivable in question is denominated in that country's national currency.
category b body	means:
	(a)	the European Investment Bank (EIB) or a multi-lateral development bank; or
	(b)	the regional government or local authority of a zone a country; or
	(c)	an investment firm or credit institution authorised in a zone a country; or
	(d)	a recognised clearing house or exchange; or
	(e)	an investment firm or credit institution authorised in any other country, which applies a financial supervision regime at least equivalent to the Capital Adequacy Directive.
counterparty	means any person with or for whom a firm carries on regulated business or an ancillary activity.
counterparty risk requirement	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.11.1R (Counterparty risk requirement).
expenditure based requirement	means the requirement calculated in accordance with IPRU-INV 5.9.1R (Expenditure based requirement).
financial resources	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.2.3R (Financial resources).
financial resources requirement	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.4.1R (Determination of requirement).
financial resources rules	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.2.
financial return	means quarterly financial return or monthly financial return as the case may be.
foreign exchange position	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.14.1R (Foreign exchange requirement).
investment	means a designated investment in the main Glossary.
investment business	means designated investment business in the main Glossary.
investment firm	has the meaning given to investment firm in the main Glossary except that it excludes persons to which MiFID does not apply as a result of articles 2 or 3 of MiFID.
investment firm	Note: An investment firm is not necessarily a firm for the purposes of the rules.
investment manager	means a person who, acting only on behalf of a customer, either:
	(a)	manages an account or portfolio in the exercise of discretion; or
	(b)	has accepted responsibility on a continuing basis for advising on the composition of the account or portfolio.
liquid capital	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.3.1R (Calculation of own funds and liquid capital).
liquid capital requirement	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.4.4R (Liquid capital requirement).
non-retail client	means a professional client or an eligible counterparty.
OPS or occupational pension scheme	means any scheme or arrangement which is comprised in one or more instruments or agreements and which has, or is capable of having, effect in relation to one or more descriptions or categories of employment so as to provide benefits, in the form of pensions or otherwise, payable on termination of service, or on death or retirement, to or respect of earners with qualifying service in an employment of any such description or category.
OPS firm	means:
	(a)	a firm which:
		(i)	carries on OPS activity but not with a view to profit; and
		(ii)	is one or more of the following:
			(A)	a trustee of the occupational pension scheme in question;
			(B)	a company owned by the trustees of the occupational pension scheme in question;
			(C)	a company which is:
				(I)	an employer in relation to the occupational pension scheme in question in respect of its employees or former employees or their dependants; or
				(II)	a company within the group which includes an employer within (I); or
				(III)	an administering authority subject to the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986; or
	(b)	a firm which:
		(i)	has satisfied the requirements set out in (a) at any time during the past 12 months; but
		(ii)	is no longer able to comply with those requirements because of a change in the control or ownership of the employer referred to in (a)(ii) during that period.
otc derivative	means interest rate and foreign exchange contracts covered by Annex III to the previous version of the Banking Consolidation Directive (i.e. Directive (2000/12/EC) and off balance sheet contracts based on equities which are not traded on a recognised or designated investment exchange or other exchange where they are subject to daily margin requirements, excluding any foreign exchange contract with an original maturity of 14 calendar days or less.
other assets requirement	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.17.1R (Other assets requirement).
own funds	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.3.1R and IPRU-INV 5.3.2R, as applicable.
own funds requirement	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.4.3R and IPRU-INV 5.4.4R (Own funds requirement), as applicable.
permitted business	means regulated activity which a firm has permission to carry on.
position risk requirement	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.11.1R (Position risk requirement).
prescribed subordinated loan agreement	means the subordinated loan agreement prescribed by the appropriate regulator for the purposes of IPRU-INV 5.6.4R.
qualifying capital instrument	means that part of a firm's capital which is a security of indeterminate duration, or other instrument, that fulfils the following conditions:
	(a)	it may not be reimbursed on the bearer's initiative or without the prior agreement of the appropriate regulator;
	(b)	the debt agreement must provide for the firm to have the option of deferring the payment of interest on the debt;
	(c)	the lender's claims on the firm must be wholly subordinated to those of all non-subordinated creditors;
	(d)	the documents governing the issue of the securities must provide for debt and unpaid interest to be such as to absorb losses, whilst leaving the firm in a position to continue trading; and
	(e)	only fully paid-up amounts shall be taken into account.
qualifying capital item	means that part of a firm's capital which has the following characteristics:
	(a)	it is freely available to the firm to cover normal banking or other risks where revenue or capital losses have not yet been identified;
	(b)	its existence is disclosed in internal accounting records; and
	(c)	its amount is determined by the management of the firm and verified by independent auditors, and is made known to, and is monitored by, the FCA.
	Note: Verification by internal auditors will suffice until such time as EU provisions making external auditing mandatory have been implemented.
qualifying property	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.7.1R (Qualifying property and qualifying amount defined).
qualifying subordinated loan	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.6 (Qualifying subordinated loans).
qualifying undertaking	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.7.3R (Qualifying undertakings).
readily realisable investment	means a unit in a regulated collective investment scheme, a life policy or any marketable investment other than one which is traded on or under the rules of a recognised or designated investment exchange so irregularly or infrequently:
	(a)	that it cannot be certain that a price for that investment will be quoted at all times; or
	(b)	that it may be difficult to effect transactions at any price which may be quoted.
regulated business	means designated investment business in the main Glossary.
relevant foreign exchange items	means:
	(a)	all assets less liabilities, including accrued interest, denominated in the currency (all investments at market or realisable value);
	(b)	any currency future, at the nominal value of the contract;
	(c)	any forward contract for the purchase or sale of the currency, at the contract value, including any future exchange of principal associated with currency swaps;
	(d)	any foreign currency options at the net delta (or delta-based) equivalent of the total book of such options;
	(e)	any non-currency option, at market value;
	(f)	any irrevocable guarantee;
	(g)	any other off-balance sheet commitment to purchase or sell an asset denominated in that currency.
reporting currency	means the currency in which the firm's books of account are maintained.
specified trustee business	1.	means any investment business carried on in the UK by a trustee firm, but excluding each of the following activities:
		(a)	Dealing or arranging deals in investments
			(i)	where the deal is transacted or arranged by a trustee firm with or through a PTP; or
			(ii)	where the dealing or arranging is done in the course of, or is incidental to, an activity of management falling within paragraph (b) below; or
			(iii)	where the trust is a unit trust scheme and the deal is or the arrangements are made with a view to either an issue or sale of units in such a scheme to, or a redemption or repurchase or conversion of such units or a dealing in investments for such a scheme carried out by with or through, the operator or on the instructions of the operator; or
			(iv)	where the trustee firm, being a bare trustee (or, in Scotland, a nominee) holding investments for another person, is acting on that person's instructions; or
			(v)	where any arrangements do not or would not bring about the transaction in question.
		(b)	Managing investments
			(i)	where the trustee firm has no general authority to effect transactions in investments at discretion; or
			(ii)	if and to the extent that all day-to-day decisions in relation to the management of the investments or any discrete part of the investments are or are to be taken by a PTP; or
			(iii)	if and to the extent that investment decisions in relation to the investments or any discrete part of the investments are or are to be taken substantially in accordance with the advice given by a PTP; or
			(iv)	where the trustee firm is a personal representative or executor and is acting in that capacity; or
			(v)	where the trust is a unit trust scheme and all day-to-day investment decisions in the carrying on of that activity are or are to be taken by the operator of the scheme.
		(c)	Investment advice
			(i)	where the relevant advice:
				(A)	does not recommend the entry into any investment transaction or the exercise of any right conferred by any investment to acquire, dispose of, underwrite or convert such an investment; and
			(ii)	if and to the extent that the relevant advice is in substance the advice of a PTP; or
			(iii)	where the relevant advice is given by the trustee firm acting in the capacity of personal representative or executor.
		(d)	Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme including acting as trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme but only to the extent that such activities do not otherwise constitute specified trustee business.
		(e)	Any trustee activity undertaken as trustee of an issue of debentures or government or public securities:
			(i)	where the issue is made by a company listed on a recognised investment exchange or on a designated investment exchange (or by a wholly-owned subsidiary of such a company); or
			(ii)	where the issue is listed or traded either on a recognised investment exchange or on a designated investment exchange or on the Société de la Bourse de Luxembourg; or
			(iii)	where the issue is made by a government, local authority or international organisation; or
			(iv)	where the aggregate amounts issued (pursuant to the trust deed or any deed supplemental thereto and ignoring any amounts redeemed, repurchased or converted) exceed the sum of £10,000,000.
	2.	For the purpose of this definition of "specified trustee business":
		(a)	a transaction is entered into through a person if that person:
			(i)	enters into it as agent; or
			(ii)	arranges for it to be entered into as principal or agent by another person and the arrangements are such that they bring about the transaction in question;
		(b)	investment transaction means a transaction to purchase, sell, subscribe for or underwrite a particular investment and "investment decision" means a decision relating to an investment transaction;
		(c)	debentures means any securities falling within article 77 of the RAO;
		(d)	government or public securities means any securities falling within article 78) of the RAO;
		(e)	government, local authority or international organisation means:
			(i)	the government of the United Kingdom, of Northern Ireland, or of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom;
			(ii)	a local authority in the United Kingdom or Anywhere; or
			(iii)	an international organisation the members of which include the United Kingdom or another EEA State.
		(f)	in determining the size of an issue of debentures or government or public securities made in a currency other than sterling, the amount of the issue shall be converted into sterling at the exchange rate prevailing in London on the date of issue.
total capital requirement	has the meaning given in IPRU-INV 5.4.5R (Total capital requirement).
trading book	in relation to a firm's business or exposures, means:
	(a)	its proprietary positions in financial instruments:
		(i)	which are held for resale and/or are taken on by the firm with the intention of benefiting in the short term from actual and/or expected differences between their buying and selling prices or from other price or interest-rate variations;
		(ii)	arising from matched principal broking;
		(iii)	taken in order to hedge other elements of the trading book;
	(b)	exposures due to unsettled securities transactions, free deliveries, OTC derivative instruments, repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions based on securities included in (a)(i) to (iii) above, reverse repurchase agreements and securities borrowing transactions based on securities included in (a)(i) to (iii) above; and
	(c)	fees, commission, interest and dividends, and margin on exchange-traded derivatives which are directly related to the items included in (a) and (b) above.
trustee activity	means, in relation to a firm, any activity undertaken in the course of or incidental to the exercise of any of its powers, or the performance of any of its duties, when
unit trust manager	means the manager of a unit trust scheme.
zone b country	means a country which is not a Zone A country in the Glossary.

IFPRU 11.7.4R19/01/2015

A firm or qualifying parent undertaking must notify the FCA by sending an e-mail to its usual supervisory contact.

BIPRU 7.4.34G01/01/2007

For the purposes of BIPRU 7.4.31R(1) a firm has a diversified commodity portfolio where it holds positions in more than one commodity in each of the categories set out in the table in BIPRU 7.4.33R and holds positions across different maturities in those individual commodities. A firm would not have a diversified commodity portfolio if it held positions in only one commodity in each of the categories set out in the table in BIPRU 7.4.33R. This is because the rates in the table

BIPRU 4.10.51R01/01/2007

GA as calculated under BIPRU 5.8.11 R is then taken as the value of the protection for the purposes of calculating the effects of unfunded credit protection under the IRB approach.[Note: BCD Annex VIII Part 4 point 8 (part)]

SUP 15.3.15R26/05/2017

A firm must notify the FCA11 immediately if:35(1) civil proceedings are brought against the firm and the amount of the claim is significant in relation to the firm's financial resources or its reputation; or(2) any action is brought against the firm under section 71 of the Act (Actions for damages) or section 138D24 (Actions for damages); or(3) disciplinary measures or sanctions have been imposed on the firm by any statutory or regulatory authority, competition authority, 21professional

BIPRU 13.6.68G01/04/2013

If backtesting indicates that the CCR internal model method model is not sufficiently accurate, the appropriate regulator may revoke a firm'sCCR internal model method permission or take appropriate measures to ensure that the model is improved promptly. Measures taken by the appropriate regulator may include the use of its own-initiative power to require the firm to hold more capital resources.[Note: BCD Annex III Part 6 point 42 (part)]

SUP 6.3.25G07/03/2016

Information which may be required. See SUP 6.3.24 G

Type of business	Information which may be required
All	1. Details of how the firm plans to comply with the relevant regulator's27 regulatory requirements relating to any additional regulated activities it is seeking to carry on. 27
	2. Descriptions of the firm's key controls, senior management arrangements and audit and proposed compliance arrangements in respect of any new regulated activity (see SYSC).
	3. Organisation charts and details of individuals transferring or being recruited to perform new controlled functions (see SUP 10A and SUP 10C, and the corresponding PRA requirements 20for details of the application or transfer procedures under the approved persons regime).
Insurance business	1. A scheme of operations in accordance with SUP App 2.
	2. (If the application seeks to vary a permission to include motor vehicle liability insurance business) details of the claims representatives12 required by threshold condition 3F27 (Appointment of claims representatives), if applicable. 12
Accepting deposits and designated investment business	1. A business plan which includes the impact of the variation on the firm's existing or continuing business financial projections for the firm, including the impact of the requested change27 on the firm's financial resources and capital adequacy requirements.2 27

CASS 7.13.11G01/06/2015

In complying with CASS 7.13.8 R and CASS 7.13.10 R, a firm should consider, as appropriate, together with any other relevant matters:(1) the capital of the CRD credit institution or bank;(2) the amount of client money placed, as a proportion of the CRD credit institution or bank's capital and deposits, and, in the case of a qualifying money market fund, compared to any limit the fund may place on the volume of redemptions in any period;(3) the extent to which client money that

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