Related provisions for PERG 6.4.4
Bodies whose agreements of the specified description are exempt agreements |
INSURANCE COMPANIES |
Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited |
Abbey Life Pension and Annuities Limited |
Albany Life Assurance Company Limited |
Allchurches Life Assurance Limited |
Alliance Assurance Company Limited |
Allied Dunbar Assurance PLC |
Ambassador Life Assurance Company Limited |
American Life Insurance Company |
Ansvar Insurance Company Limited |
Atlas Assurance Company Limited |
Australian Mutual Provident Society |
Avon Insurance PLC |
Black Horse Life Assurance Company Limited |
Bradford Insurance Company Limited |
Britannic Assurance Public Limited Company |
The British & European Reinsurance Company Limited |
British Equitable Assurance Company Limited |
The British Life Office Limited |
The British Oak Insurance Company Limited |
British Reserve Insurance Company Limited |
Caledeonian Insurance Company |
The Cambrian Insurance Company Limited |
The Canada Life Assurance Company |
Cannon Assurance Limited |
Car and General Insurance Corporation Limited |
City of Westminster Assurance Company Limited |
City of Westminster Assurance Society Limited |
Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society |
Colonial Life (UK) Limited |
The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited |
Commercial Union Assurance Company plc |
Commercial Union Pensions Management Limited |
Commercial Union Life Assurance Company Limited |
Confederation Life Insurance Company |
The Contingency Insurance Company Limited |
Co-operative Insurance Society Limited |
Cornhill Insurance Public Limited Company |
Criterion Insurance Company Limited |
Crown Life Assurance Company Limited |
Crown Life Insurance Company Limited |
Crown Life Pensions Limited |
Crusader Insurance PLC |
The Dominion Insurance Company Limited |
Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited |
Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc |
Economic Insurance Company Limited |
English & American Insurance Company Limited |
The Equitable Life Assurance Society |
Equico International Limited |
Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc |
Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited |
Excess Insurance Company Limited |
Federation Mutual Insurance Limited |
Fine Art and General Insurance Company Limited |
Friends' Provident Life Office |
FS Assurance Limited |
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Public Limited Company |
General Accident Life Assurance Limited |
General Accident Linked Life Assurance Limited |
General Portfolio Life Insurance Public Limited Company |
Gisborne Life Assurance Company Limited |
Gresham Life Assurance Society Limited |
Guardian Assurance plc |
Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance plc |
Hill Samuel Life Assurance Limited |
The Ideal Insurance Company Limited |
The Imperial Life Assurance Company of Canada |
Irish Life Assurance plc |
The Iron Trades Employers Insurance Association Limited |
Legal and General Assurance Society Limited |
The Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited |
The Life Association of Scotland Limited |
London Aberdeen & Northern Mutual Assurance Society Limited |
London and Manchester Assurance Company Limited |
London and Manchester (Pensions) Limited |
London & Scottish Assurance Corporation Limited |
The London Assurance |
The London Life Association Limited |
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company |
Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society |
Maritime Insurance Company Limited |
Medical Sickness Annuity & Life Assurance Society Limited |
The Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company plc |
Midland Assurance Limited |
The Motor Union Insurance Company Limited |
Minister Insurance Company Limited |
Municipal Life Assurance Limited |
Municipal Mutual Insurance Limited |
NALGO Insurance Association Limited |
National Employers' Life Assurance Company Limited |
National Employers' Mutual General Insurance Association Limited |
The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited |
National House-Building Council |
The National Insurance and Guarantee Corporation PLC |
The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited |
National Mutual Life Assurance Society |
National Provident Institution |
National Vulcan Engineering Insurance Group Limited |
N.E.L. Pensions Limited |
The New Zealand Insurance plc |
North British & Mercantile Insurance Company Limited |
The Northern Assurance Company Limited |
Norwich Union Asset Management Limited |
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Limited |
Norwich Union Insurance Group (Pensions Management) Limited |
Norwich Union Life Insurance Society |
NRG London Reinsurance Company Limited |
Oaklife Assurance Limited |
The Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation Limited |
The Orion Insurance Company P.L.C. |
Pearl Assurance Public Limited Company |
Pensions Management (SWF) Limited |
Permanent Insurance Company Limited |
Phoenix Assurance Public Limited Company |
Pioneer Mutual Insurance Company Limited |
Prolific Life and Pensions Limited |
Property Growth Pensions & Annuities Limited |
Provident Life Association Limited |
Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association |
Provincial Insurance Public Limited Company |
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited |
Railway Passengers Assurance Company |
Refuge Assurance, public Limited company |
Regency Life Assurance Company Limited |
The Reliance Fire and Accident Insurance Corporation Limited |
The Reliance Marine Insurance Company Limited |
Reliance Mutual Insurance Society Limited |
Royal Exchange Assurance |
Royal Insurance Public Limited Company |
Royal Insurance (Int.) Limited |
Royal Insurance (U.K.) Limited |
Royal Life Insurance Limited |
Royal Life (Unit Linked Assurances) Limited |
Royal Life (Unit Linked Pension Funds) Limited |
The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited |
The Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses |
Royal Reinsurance Company Limited |
Schroder Life Assurance Limited |
Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society |
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society |
Scottish General Insurance Company Limited |
Scottish Insurance Corporation Limited |
The Scottish Life Assurance Company |
The Scottish Mutual Assurance Society |
The Scottish Provident Institution |
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company |
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society |
Sentinel Life plc |
Skandia Life Assurance Company Limited |
Standard Life Assurance Company |
Standard Life Pension Funds Limited |
The State Assurance Company Limited |
Suffolk Life Annuities Limited |
Sun Alliance and London Assurance Company Limited |
Sun Insurance Office Limited |
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada |
Sun Life Assurance Society plc |
Target Life Assurance Company Limited |
Teachers Assurance Company Limited |
Trident Investors Life Assurance Company Limited |
Trident Life Assurance Company Limited |
Trinity Insurance Company Limited |
UK Life Assurance Company Limited |
United British Insurance Company Limited |
United Friendly Insurance plc |
United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution |
United Standard Insurance Company Limited |
The University Life Assurance Society |
The Victory Reinsurance Company Limited |
Wesleyan and General Assurance Society |
The Western Australian Insurance Company Limited |
The White Cross Insurance Company Limited |
World-Wide Reassurance Company Limited |
The Yorkshire Insurance Company Limited |
Zurich Life Assurance Company Limited |
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES |
The Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society |
Anglo-Saxons Friendly Society |
Blackburn Philanthropic Mutual Assurance Society |
British Benefit Society |
British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners' Friendly Society |
Brunel Assurance Society |
Cirencester Benefit Society |
Civil Servants' Annuities Assurance Society |
Colmore Friendly Society |
Coventry Assurance Society |
Dentists' Provident Society |
Devon and Exeter Women's Equitable Benefit Society |
The Exeter Equitable Friendly Society |
Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society |
The Hampshire and General Friendly Society |
Harvest Friendly Society |
Hearts of Oak Benefit Society |
The Ideal Benefit Society |
Independent Order of Oddfellows Kingston Unity Friendly Society |
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society |
The Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity, Friendly Society |
Leeds District of the Ancient Order of Foresters Investment Association |
Leek Assurance Collecting Society |
The Leicester District Foresters' Investment Society |
Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society |
The Manchester and Districts of the Ancient Order of Foresters Investment Association |
National Deposit Friendly Society |
National Equalized Druids Friendly Society |
National United Order of Free Gardeners Friendly Society |
New Tab Friendly Society |
Northumberland and Durham Miners' Permanent Relief Fund Friendly Society |
Nottingham Oddfellows Assurance Friendly Society |
The Order of Druids Friendly Society |
The Order of the Sons of Temperance Friendly Society |
Original Holloway Society |
Pioneer Benefit Society |
Preston Catholic Collecting Society |
Preston Shelley Assurance Collecting Society |
Provident Reliance Friendly Society |
Rational and County Assurance Society |
Royal Liver Friendly Society |
Scottish Friendly Assurance Society |
The Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society |
The Shepherds Friendly Society |
Sons of Scotland Temperance Friendly Society |
Stepney District Distressed Members' Pension Benevolent Fund |
The Sussex Widow and Orphans Society |
Teachers Provident Society |
Time Assurance Society |
Tunbridge Wells Equitable Friendly Society |
Tunstall and District Assurance Collecting Society |
United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society |
United Kingdom Civil Service Benefit Society |
United Patriots' National Benefit Society |
West Surrey General Benefit Society |
Widow and Orphan Fund of the Woolwich District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity Friendly Society |
Widow and Orphans' Fund, Stepney District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity Friendly Society |
Widow, Widowers and Orphans' Fund of the Godalming District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society |
Wiltshire Holloway Benefit Society |
CHARITIES |
The Central Board of Finance of the Church of England |
Church Commissioners |
The Church of England Pensions Board |
The Church of Scotland |
The Church of Scotland General Trustees |
Church of Scotland Trust |
The Representative Body of the Church in Wales |
Timber Trades Benevolent Society |
The Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance |
York Diocesan Board of Finance Limited |
AGRICULTURAL CORPORATIONS |
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Public Limited Company |
The Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation Public Limited Company |
OTHER BODIES |
General Practice Finance Corporation Limited |
Information and supporting documentation (see REC 5.2.4 G).
(1) |
Details of the applicant's constitution, structure and ownership, including its memorandum and articles of association (or similar or analogous documents ) and any agreements between the applicant, its owners or other persons relating to its constitution or governance (if not contained in the information listed in REC 5.2.3A G)1. An applicant for RAP status must provide details of the relationship between the governance arrangements in place for the UK RIE and the RAP.76 3 |
(2) |
Details of all business to be conducted by the applicant, whether or not a regulated activity (if not contained in the information listed in REC 5.2.3A G)1. |
(3) |
Details of the facilities which the applicant plans to operate, including details of the trading platform or (for a RAP) auction platform,7 settlement arrangements, clearing facilitation services5 and custody services which it plans to supply. An applicant for RAP status must provide details on the relationship between the auction platform and any secondary market in emissions auction products which it operates or plans to operate.76 635443 |
(4) |
Copies of the last three annual reports and accounts and, for the current financial year, quarterly management accounts. |
(5) |
Details of its business plan for the first three years of operation as a UK recognised body (if not contained in the information listed in REC 5.2.3A G)1. |
(6) |
A full organisation chart and a list of the posts to be held by key individuals (with details of the duties and responsibilities) and the names of the persons proposed for these appointments when these names are available (if not contained in the information listed in REC 5.2.3A G)1. |
(7) |
Details of its auditors, bankers, solicitors and any persons providing corporate finance advice or similar services (such as reporting accountants) to the applicant. |
(8) |
Details of any relevant functions to be outsourced or delegated, with copies of relevant agreements. |
(9) |
Details of information technology systems and of arrangements for their supply, management, maintenance and upgrading, and security. |
(10) |
Details of all plans to minimise disruption to operation of its facilities in the event of the failure of its information technology systems. |
(11) |
Details of internal systems for financial control, arrangements for risk management and insurance arrangements to cover operational and other risks. |
(12) |
Details of its arrangements for managing any counterparty risks. 5 |
(13) |
Details of internal arrangements to safeguard confidential or privileged information and for handling conflicts of interest. |
(14) |
Details of arrangements for complying with the notification rules and other requirements to supply information to the FCA5. 5 |
(15) |
Details of the arrangements to be made for monitoring and enforcing compliance with its rules and with its clearing, settlement and default arrangements. |
(16) |
A summary of the legal due diligence carried out in relation to ascertaining the enforceability of its rules (including default rules) and the results and conclusions reached. 5 |
(17) |
Details of the procedures to be followed for declaring a member in default, and for taking action after that event to close out positions, protect the interests of other members and enforce its default rules. |
(18) |
Details of membership selection criteria, rules and procedures, including (for a RAP) details of how the rules of the UK RIE will change in order to reflect RAP status7. 63 |
(19) |
Details of arrangements for recording transactions effected by, or cleared through, its facilities. |
(20) |
Details of arrangements for detecting financial crime and market abuse , including arrangements for complying with money laundering law. |
(21) |
Details of criteria, rules and arrangements for selecting specified investments to be admitted to trading on (or cleared by) an RIE and, where relevant, details of how information regarding specified investments will be disseminated to users of its facilities. 5 |
(22) |
Details of arrangements for cooperating with the FCA5 and other appropriate authorities, including draft memoranda of understanding or letters. 5 |
(23) |
Details of the procedures and arrangements for making and amending rules, including arrangements for consulting on rule changes. |
(24) |
Details of disciplinary and appeal procedures, and of the arrangements for investigating complaints. |
Glossary of defined terms for Chapter 9
Note: If a defined term does not appear in the glossary below, the definition appearing in the HandbookGlossary applies.
approved exchange |
means an investment exchange listed as such in Appendix 33 to IPRU-INV 3. |
exchange |
means a recognised investment exchange or designated investment exchange. |
initial capital |
means the initial capital of a firm calculated in accordance with section 9.3. |
intangible assets |
the full balance sheet value of a firm's intangible assets including goodwill, capitalised development costs, licences, trademark and similar rights etc. |
intermediate broker |
in relation to a margined transaction, means any person through whom the firm undertakes that transaction. |
material current year losses |
means losses of an amount equal to 10% or more of initial capital minus B (with B calculated in accordance with Table 9.5.2R). |
material holding |
means a firm's holdings of shares and any other interest in the capital of a credit institution or financial institution: (a) which exceeds 10% of the capital of the issuer, and, where this is the case, any holdings of subordinated debt of the same issuer, the full amount is a material holding; or (b) holdings not deducted under (a) if the total amount of such holdings exceeds 10% of that firm'sown funds, in which case only the excess amount is a material holding. |
material insurance holdings |
(a) means the holdings of an exempt CAD firm of items of the type set out in (b) in any: (i) insurance undertaking; or (ii) insurance holding company that fulfils one of the following conditions: (iii) it is a subsidiary undertaking of that firm; or (iv) that firm holds a participation in it. (b) An item falls into this provision for the purpose of (a) if it is: (i) an ownership share; or (ii) subordinated debt or another item of capital that forms part of the tier two capital resources that1 falls into GENPRU 2 or, as the case may be, INSPRU 7, or is an item of “basic own funds” defined in the PRA Rulebook: Glossary. |
own funds |
means the own funds of a firm calculated in accordance with 9.2.9R(2) and The Interim Prudential Sourcebook for Investment Businesses Chapter 9: Financial resources requirements for an exempt CAD firm Page 2 of 2 Version: November 2007 9.2.8R(b). |
own funds requirement |
means the requirement set out in 9.2.9R(1) and 9.2.8R(b). |
verified |
means checked by an external auditor who has undertaken at least to: (a) satisfy himself that the figures forming the basis of the interim profits have been properly extracted from the underlying accounting records; (b) review the accounting policies used in calculating the interim profits so as to obtain comfort that they are consistent with those normally adopted by the firm in drawing up its annual financial statements and are in accordance with the relevant accounting principles; (c) perform analytical procedures on the result to date, including comparisons of actual performance to date with budget and with the results of prior period(s); (d) discuss with management the overall performance and financial position of the firm; (e) obtain adequate comfort that the implications of current and prospective litigation, all known claims and commitments, changes in business activities and provisioning for bad and doubtful debts have been properly taken into account in arriving at the interim profits; and (f) follow up problem areas of which he is already aware in the course of auditing the firm's financial statements. |