Financial firm definition

Financial firm means any firm falling within ESMA’s remit, including (i) alternative investment fund managers of 'AIFMs' as defined in Article 4(1)(b) of the AIFMD and depositaries as referred to in Article 21(3) of AIFMD (‘depositaries of alternative investment funds (AIFs)’); (ii) management companies as defined in Article 2(1)(b) of the UCITS Directive (“UCITS management companies”) and depositaries as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of UCITS Directive (“depositaries of UCITS”); (iii) central counterparties (CCPs) as defined in Article 2(1) of EMIR and Tier 2 third-country CCPs within the meaning of Article 25(2a) of EMIR which comply with the relevant EMIR requirements pursuant to Article 25(2b)(a) of EMIR; (iv) trade repositories as defined in Article 2(2) of EMIR and in Article 3(1) of SFTR; (v) investment firms as defined in Article 4(1)(1) of MiFID II and credit institutions as defined in Article 4(1)(27) of MiFID II, which carry out investment services and activities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(2) of MiFID II; (vi) data reporting services providers as defined in Article 4(1)(63) of MiFID II; (vii) market operators of trading venues within the meaning of Article 4(1)(24) of MiFID II; (viii) central securities depositories (CSDs) as defined in Article 2(1)(1) of CSDR; (ix) credit rating agencies as defined in Article 3(1)(b) of the CRA Regulation; (x) securitisation repositories as defined in Article 2(23) of SECR; or (xi) administrators of critical benchmarks as defined in Article 3(1)(25) of the Benchmarks Regulation.
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Financial firm means a registered investment advisory firm, also sometimes referred to as a wealth management firm, we approve to hold an Account in relation to a Contract.
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Financial firm means any firm or fund that makes venture capital or other investments, or that engages in investment banking, the mutual fund business, or the securities business;
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Financial firm means hedge funds, mutual funds, and certain types of brokerage or invest-
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Related to Financial firm

  • Independent Financial Expert means a nationally recognized accounting, investment banking or consultant firm, which firm does not have a material financial interest or other material economic relationship with either the Company or any of its Affiliates or the Holder or any of its Affiliates that is, in the good faith judgment of the Board, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

  • Independent Financial Consultant means a financial consultant or firm of such consultants generally recognized to be well qualified in the financial consulting field, appointed and paid by the District, who, or each of whom:

  • financial expert means an individual, company or firm who is authorised to give investment advice under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

  • financial group means a group that consists of a legal person or legal arrangement exercising control and coordinating functions over the rest of the group for the application of group supervision under the Core Principles, and its branches and subsidiaries that are financial institutions as defined in section 27A(6) of the MAS Act or the equivalent financial institutions outside Singapore;

  • Financial exigency means a condition that requires the bona fide discontinuance or reduction in size of an administrative unit, project, program or curriculum due to the lack of funds available and sufficient to meet current or projected expenditures.