Term

Definition

Letter: A

ABCP internal assessment approach

ABCP programme

(for the purposes of BIPRU 9 (Securitisation)) an asset backed commercial paper programme.

acting as the depositary or sole director of an open-ended investment company

the regulated activity, specified in article 51(1)(c) of the Regulated Activities Order (Establishing etc a collective investment scheme), of acting as the depositary or sole director of an open-ended investment company.

actuarial function

administering a home purchase plan

the regulated activity, specified in article 63F(2) of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: administering a home purchase plan where the plan was entered into by way of business on or after 6 April 2007.

administering a home reversion plan

the regulated activity, specified in article 63B(2) of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: administering a home reversion plan where the plan was entered into on or after 6 April 2007.

administering a regulated lifetime mortgage contract

the regulated activity, specified in article 61(2) of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: administering a regulated mortgage contract (which is a lifetime mortgage) where the contract was entered into on or after 31 October 2004.

administering a regulated mortgage contract

the regulated activity, specified in article 61(2) of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: administering a regulated mortgage contract where the contract was entered into on or after 31 October 2004.

advising on a home purchase plan

the regulated activity, specified in article 53C of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: advising a person if the advice:
(a) is given to him in his capacity as a home purchaser or potential home purchaser; and
(b) is advice on the merits of his:
(i) entering into a particular home purchase plan; or
(ii) varying the terms of a home purchase plan entered into by him on or after 6 April 2007 in such a way as to vary his obligations under that plan.

advising on a home reversion plan

the regulated activity, specified in article 53B of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: advising a person if the advice:
(a) is given to him in his capacity as reversion occupier or plan provider or potential reversion occupier or potential plan provider; and
(b) is advice on the merits of his:
(i) entering into a particular home reversion plan; or
(ii) varying the terms of a home reversion plan entered into by him on or after 6 April 2007 in such a way as to vary his obligations under that plan.

advising on investments

the regulated activity, specified in article 53 of the Regulated Activities Order (Advising on investments), which is in summary: advising a person if the advice is:
(a) given to the person in his capacity as an investor or potential investor, or in his capacity as agent for an investor or a potential investor; and
(b) advice on the merits of his doing any of the following (whether as principal or agent):
(i) buying, selling, subscribing for or underwriting a particular investment which is a security or relevant investment (that is, any designated investment, funeral plan contract, pure protection contract, general insurance contract or right to or interests in a funeral plan contract); or
(ii) exercising any right conferred by such an investment to buy, sell, subscribe for or underwrite such an investment.
(2) (in (Approved Persons) and APER) the regulated activity specified in article 53 (Advising on investments) of the Regulated Activities Order. For these purposes, advising on investments includes any activities that would be included but for the exclusion in article 72AA (Managers of UCITS and AIFs) of the Regulated Activities Order.

announceable information

information which is usually the subject of a public announcement, although not subject to any formal disclosure requirement.

Annual Accounts

(1) the Council Directive of 19 December 1991 concerning the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings (No. 91/674/EEC).
(2) (in UPRU) accounts prepared to comply with the Companies Acts 1985 to 1989 and their equivalent in Northern Ireland, or other statutory obligations.

annual audited fixed expenditure

(in UPRU) has the meaning given in UPRU 2.1.3 R (Annual audited fixed expenditure).

approved bank

(except in COLL and CIS) (in relation to a bank account opened by a firm):
(a) if the account is opened at a branch in the United Kingdom:
(i) the Bank of England; or
(ii) the central bank of a member state of the OECD; or
(iii) a bank; or
(iv) a building society; or
(v) a bank which is supervised by the central bank or other banking regulator of a member state of the OECD; or
(b) if the account is opened elsewhere:
(i) a bank in (a); or
(ii) a credit institution established in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom and duly authorised by the relevant Home State regulator; or
(iii) a bank which is regulated in the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands; or
(c) a bank supervised by the South African Reserve Bank; or
(d) any other bank that:
(i) is subject to regulation by a national banking regulator;
(ii) is required to provide audited accounts;
(iii) has minimum net assets of £5 million (or its equivalent in any other currency at the relevant time) and has a surplus revenue over expenditure for the last two financial years; and
(iv) has an annual audit report which is not materially qualified.
(in COLL and CIS) any person falling within (a-c).

arranging (bringing about) a home purchase plan

the regulated activity, specified in article 25C(1) of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: making arrangements for another person to:
(a) enter into a home purchase plan as home purchaser; or
(b) vary the terms of a home purchase plan entered into by him as home purchaser on or after 6 April 2007.

arranging (bringing about) a home reversion plan

the regulated activity, specified in article 25B(1) of the Regulated Activities Order, which is in summary: making arrangements for another person to:
(a) enter into a home reversion plan as reversion occupier or as plan provider; or
(b) vary the terms of a home reversion plan entered into by him as reversion occupier or as plan provider on or after 6 April 2007.