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major foreign exchange pair
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Effective Date: 1st August 2019
major foreign exchange pair
133 two different currencies from the following list of currencies: US dollar, euro, Japanese yen, pound sterling, Canadian dollar and Swiss franc.
major stock market index
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Effective Date: 1st August 2019
major stock market index
133 one of the following stock market indices: (a) Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE 100); (b) Cotation Assistée en Continu 40 (CAC 40); (c) Deutsche Bourse AG German Stock Index (DAX 30); (d)…
COBS 22.5 Restrictions on the retail marketing, distribution and sale of contracts for differences and similar speculative investments
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Effective Date: 1st August 2019
COBS 22.5 Restrictions on the retail marketing, distribution and sale of contracts for differences and similar speculative investments
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restricted option
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Effective Date: 31st August 2019
restricted option
196 an option : (1) that is in the money at the point of sale; (2) where the value is determined by one-to-one fluctuations in the value or price of the underlying asset; and (3) for which the value i…
restricted speculative investments
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Effective Date: 31st August 2019
restricted speculative investments
196 any of the following investments : (1) leveraged contracts for differences ; (2) leveraged spread bets ; 196 (3) leveraged rolling spot forex contracts (other than a future falling within limb (a)…
COBS 22.5 Restrictions on the retail marketing, distribution and sale of contracts for differences and similar speculative investments
This piece of Handbook content was changed by an instrument this month.
Effective Date: 31st August 2019
COBS 22.5 Restrictions on the retail marketing, distribution and sale of contracts for differences and similar speculative investments
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BNPL payment condition
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Effective Date: 12th September 2019
BNPL payment condition
75 a provision in a BNPL agreement that has the effect described in (1)(a) or (2) of the definition of BNPL credit .
BNPL agreement
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Effective Date: 12th September 2019
BNPL agreement
75 a regulated credit agreement (whether an agreement for running-account credit or fixed-sum credit) which is a borrower-lender-supplier agreement : (1) to finance the acquisition of goods , or goods…
BNPL credit
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Effective Date: 12th September 2019
BNPL credit
75 credit in relation to which provision is made that: (1) (a) no, or reduced, interest or charges are payable by the borrower in respect of an initial period of 56 days or more (“the promotional peri…
Note regarding Chapter 5C
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Effective Date: 18th December 2019
Note regarding Chapter 5C
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CONC 5C.4 Impact of changes to charging structures
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Effective Date: 6th April 2020
CONC 5C.4 Impact of changes to charging structures
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CONC 5D.4 Monitoring repeat use strategies
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Effective Date: 18th December 2019
CONC 5D.4 Monitoring repeat use strategies
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CONC 5D.5 Reporting on repeat use of overdrafts
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Effective Date: 18th December 2019
CONC 5D.5 Reporting on repeat use of overdrafts
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CONC 5C.1 Application and purpose
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Effective Date: 6th April 2020
CONC 5C.1 Application and purpose
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CONC 5D.1 Purpose and application
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Effective Date: 18th December 2019
CONC 5D.1 Purpose and application
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CONC 5D.2 Obligation to identify and monitor repeat use of overdrafts
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Effective Date: 18th December 2019
CONC 5D.2 Obligation to identify and monitor repeat use of overdrafts
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CONC 5C.5 Interpretation
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Effective Date: 6th April 2020
CONC 5C.5 Interpretation
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CONC 5D.3 Interventions to be taken in the case of repeat users
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Effective Date: 18th December 2019
CONC 5D.3 Interventions to be taken in the case of repeat users
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CONC 5C.2 Charges for overdrafts to be interest rates
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Effective Date: 6th April 2020
CONC 5C.2 Charges for overdrafts to be interest rates
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CONC 5C.3 Interest rates for unarranged overdrafts to be no more than the interest rates for arranged overdrafts
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Effective Date: 6th April 2020
CONC 5C.3 Interest rates for unarranged overdrafts to be no more than the interest rates for arranged overdrafts
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