BKM302450 | Bank loss restriction: definition of banking company: relevant regulated activities

Relevant regulated activities are any activities prescribed in the following provisions of the FSMA 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544):

• article 5 (accepting deposits)

• article 14 (dealing in investments as principal)

• article 21 (dealing in investments as agent)

• article 25 (arranging deals in investments)

• article 25DA (operating an organised trading facility)

• article 40 (safeguarding and administering investments)

• article 61 (entering into regulated mortgage contracts).

The activity in article 25DA of operating an organised trading facility is included with effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 5 April 2022, and only where the firm carrying on this activity is dealing on own account in relation to sovereign debt instruments for which there is no liquid market.