Related provisions for CASS 5.5.31
1 - 2 of 2 items.
(1) A firm which handles client
money in accordance with the rules for
a non-statutory trust in CASS
5.4 may, to the extent it considers appropriate, but
subject to (2), satisfy the requirement to segregate client
money by segregating or arranging for the segregation of designated investments with a value at least
equivalent to such money as
would otherwise have been segregated into a client
bank account.(2) A firm may not segregate designated
investments unless it:(a) takes
reasonable
(1) In
relation to retail customers, a firm must, subject
to (2), take reasonable steps to ensure that its terms
of business or other client agreements adequately explain, and where
necessary obtain a client's informed
consent to, the treatment of interest and, if applicable, investment returns,
derived from its holding of client money and
any segregated designated investments.(2) In
respect of interest earned on client bank accounts,
(1) does not apply if a firm has
reasonable
A firm may
allow another person, such as
another broker to hold or control client money,
but only if:(1) the firm transfers the client
money for the purpose of a transaction for a client through
or with that person; and(2) in
the case of a retail customer, that customer has been notified (whether through
a client agreement, terms of business, or otherwise in writing)
that the client money may be
transferred to another person.
A firm may
hold client money with a bank
that is not an approved bank if
all the following conditions are met:(1) the client money relates to one or more insurance
transactions which are subject to the law or market practice of a jurisdiction
outside the United Kingdom;(2) because
of the applicable law or market practice of that overseas jurisdiction, it
is not possible to hold the client money in
a client bank account with an approved bank;(3) the firm holds the money with
such
A firm must
not hold, for a retail customer, client money in
a client bank account outside
the United Kingdom, unless
the firm has previously disclosed
to the retail customer (whether in its terms of business, client agreement or otherwise in writing):(1) that
his money may be deposited in
a client bank account outside
the United Kingdom but that
the client may notify the firm that he does not wish his money to be held in a particular jurisdiction;(2) that
in such circumstances,
A firm must
not undertake any transaction for a retail customer that involves client money being
passed to another broker or settlement agent located
in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom,
unless the firm has previously
disclosed to the retail customer (whether in its terms of business, client agreement or otherwise in writing):(1) that
his client money may be passed
to a person outside the United Kingdom but the client may
notify the firm that he does
not wish his money