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(1) (in COLL) a transferable security that is admitted to official listing in an EEA State or is traded on or under the rules of an eligible securities market (otherwise than by the specific permission of the market authority).(2) (in INSPRU ) any of the following:(a) any security issued or guaranteed by, or the repayment of the principal of which, or the interest on which, is guaranteed by, and any loans to or deposits with, any government, public or local authority or nationalised industry or undertaking, which belongs to a Zone A country;(b) any loan to, or deposit with, an approved financial institution;(c) any debenture issued before 31 December 1994 by the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited or the Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation Limited.(3) (in COBS ) any of the following:(a) any security issued or guaranteed by, or the repayment of the principal of which, or the interest on which is guaranteed by, and any loan to or deposit with, any government, public or local authority or nationalised industry or undertaking that belongs to Zone A as defined in the Banking Consolidation Directive; or(b) any loan to, or deposit with, an approved financial institution; or(c) debentures issued before 31 December 1994 by the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd or the Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation Ltd.
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any of the following:(a) an approved credit institution; or(b) a firm whose permission includes dealing in investments as principal with respect to derivatives which are not listed; or(c) a MiFID investment firm whose authorisation (as referred to in article 5 of MiFID) authorises it to carry on activities of the kind referred to in (b); or(d) in respect of a transaction involving a new issue of securities which are to be listed, the issuer or a MiFID investment firm acting on behalf of the issuer.
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(in accordance with COLL 5.2.7F R) a money-market instrument which is normally dealt in on the money market, is liquid and has a value which can be accurately determined at any time.
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a stock lending transaction in respect of which the conditions in INSPRU 3.2.36 R have been met.
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a person in relation to whom the FSA has given its approval under section 59 of the Act (Approval for particular arrangements) for the performance of a controlled function.
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a credit institution recognised or permitted under the law of an EEA State to carry on any of the activities set out in Annex 1 to the Banking Consolidation Directive.
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any form of security for the discharge of any liability arising from a contingent liability investment (other than a guarantee) which:(a) (in relation to an on-exchange transaction) is acceptable under the rules of the relevant exchange or clearing house; and(b) (in relation to an OTC transaction) would be acceptable for a similar transaction to the relevant exchange or clearing house.
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(except in COLL) (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:(in COLL) any person falling within (a-c).(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.
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(as defined in the PD Regulation) securitieswhich:(a) represent an interest in assets, including any rights intended to assure servicing, or the receipt or timeliness of receipts by holders of assets of amounts payable thereunder; or(b) are secured by assets and the terms of which provide for payments which relate to payments or reasonable projections of payments calculated by reference to identified or identifiable assets.
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a quasi-derivative in respect of which the conditions in INSPRU 3.2.5 R are met.
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any of the following:(a) the European Central Bank;(b) the central bank of an EEA State;(c) the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development;(d) the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;(e) the International Finance Corporation;(f) the International Monetary Fund;(g) the Inter-American Development Bank;(h) the African Development Bank;(i) the Asian Development Bank;(j) the Caribbean Development Bank;(k) the European Investment Bank;(l) the European Community; and(m) the European Atomic Energy Community.