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a firm which:(a) is the operator of a UCITS scheme including where in addition the firm is also the operator of a collective investment scheme which is not a UCITS scheme; and(b) does not have a Part IV permission to carry on any regulated activities other than those which are in connection with, or for the purpose of, such schemes.
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a firm which:(a) is the operator of a UCITS scheme including where in addition the firm is also the operator of a collective investment scheme which is not a UCITS scheme; and(b) has a Part IV permission to manage investments where the investments managed include one or more of the instruments listed in Section B of the Annex to the ISD.
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(as defined in paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act (EEA Passport Rights)) a person whose head office is in the United Kingdom and who has an EEA right to carry on activity in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom.
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an authorised fund whose instrument constituting the scheme contains the statement in COLL 3.2.6 R 1(2) (Table: contents of the instrument constituting the scheme) or, if it complies with the CIS, the statement required by CIS 2.2.6R(2)(a)(i) (Matters that must be included in the trust deed) or paragraph 4 (1) (b) of Schedule 2 to the OEIC Regulations, that it is a UCITS scheme; unless:(a) the scheme raises capital without promoting the sale of its units to the public within the EEA or any part of it; or(b) the scheme's units under its trust deed or its instrument constituting the scheme, may be sold only to the public in non-EEA States.
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a firm (other than an EEA UCITS management company) which:(a) for the time being is an operator, trustee or depositary of a scheme which is a recognised scheme under section 264 of the Act; and(b) is an authorised person as a result of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Act (Persons Concerned in Collective Investment Schemes);a reference to a firm as a UCITS qualifier applies in relation to the carrying on by the firm of activities for which it has permission in that capacity.
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a firm that has its registered office (or, if it has no registered office, its head office) in the United Kingdom.
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the Council Directive of 20 December 1985 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (No 85/611/EEC), as amended by Directives 88/220/EEC, 95/26/EC, 2000/64EC, 2001/107/EC, 2001/108/EC;