Glossary
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03/08/2015 |
undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities that are established in accordance with the UCITS Directive. |
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03/08/2015 |
means the European Parliament and Council Directive of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (No 2009/65/EC) as amended. |
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01/01/2014 |
means United Kingdom. |
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01/01/2014 |
means a UK undertaking that has permission under Part 4A of FSMA to carry on the regulated activity of accepting deposits and is a credit institution, but is not a credit union, friendly society or a building society. |
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05/09/2014 |
means a UK undertaking that is a designated investment firm.
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19/06/2014 |
has the meaning given in paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to FSMA (EEA Passport Rights). |
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08/12/2017 |
means an undertaking with a Part 4A permission to carry on the regulated activity of insurance risk transformation. |
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01/01/2016 |
has the meaning given in Insurance General Application 2. |
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01/01/2014 |
means an undertaking within the meaning of section 1161(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (meaning of “undertaking” and related expressions) whose registered office or, if the undertaking does not have a registered office, whose head office is in any part of the UK. |
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01/01/2016 |
means a third country branch undertaking that has made a deposit in the UK under Article 162(2)(e) of the Solvency II Directive in accordance with Article 167 of the Solvency II Directive. |
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01/02/2014 |
means an undertaking within the meaning of section 1161(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (meaning of “undertaking” and related expressions). |
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undertaking specific parameters 01/01/2016 |
means, for the purposes of determining the SCR using the standard formula, the replacement of a subset of parameters used in the life underwriting risk module, non-life underwriting risk module or health underwriting risk module with parameters specific to a firm. |
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01/01/2016 |
means a person admitted to the Society as an underwriting member. |
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01/01/2016 |
means the risk of loss or of adverse change in the value of insurance liabilities, due to inadequate pricing and provisioning assumptions. Additional Notes[Note: Art. 13(30) of the Solvency II Directive] |
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01/01/2016 |
means: (1) (in relation to a collective investment scheme) the investment, specified in article 81 of the Regulated Activities Order (Units in a collective investment scheme) and defined in section 237(2) of FSMA (other definitions); and (2) (in relation to an alternative investment fund) the right or interest (however described) of an investor in an alternative investment fund. |
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29/04/2014 |
This term is defined externally, please refer to -
Interpretation Act 1978 Schedule 1 |
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01/01/2014 |
means an activity that is not a regulated activity. |