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Regulated activities

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 gives the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the power to permit ‘authorised personsâ€� to carry out ‘regulated activitiesâ€�. Schedule 2 to FSMA 2000 specifies the activities which constitute ‘regulated activitiesâ€�. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse include, among other things, dealing in investments, deposit taking, safeguarding and administering assets, managing investments, and giving investment advice. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (SI2001/544) contains more details on these activities.

Essentially, banks, building societies, credit unions, firms providing consumer credit, investment managers, investment exchanges, collective investment schemes, insurance companies and friendly societies, firms handling client monies, mortgage and insurance intermediaries and similar businesses are all subject to regulation and supervision by the PRA and/or the FCA. See their websites for further details.

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