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Consolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2025. Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (2026 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations Securities Investment Business Act (2020 Revision) SECURITIES INVESTMENT BUSINESS (CONDUCT OF BUSINESS) REGULATIONS (2026 Revision) Arrangement of Regulations Regulation 1.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"PART 2 \u2013 GENERAL 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"9A. PART 3 \u2013 ADVERTISING STANDARDS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"PART 4 \u2013 STANDARDS FOR DEALINGS WITH CLIENTS 11.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Arrangement of Regulations Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (2026 Revision) 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"PART 5 \u2013 CLIENT ASSETS AND MONEY 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_46\", \"num\": \"46.\", \"text\": \"SCHEDULE ENDNOTES Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 1 Securities Investment Business Act (2020 Revision) SECURITIES INVESTMENT BUSINESS (CONDUCT OF BUSINESS) REGULATIONS (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (2026 Revision). 2. Definitions 2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires \u2014 \u201cadvertisement\u201d means any form of offer, invitation, inducement or sales promotion in relation to securities however communicated, promulgated, published or distributed; \u201capproved bank\u201d means \u2014 (a) a bank licensed under the Banks and Trust Companies Act (2025 Revision); (b) a bank regulated by, and in good standing with, a recognised overseas banking regulatory authority; or (c) any other bank or category of bank approved by the Authority; \u201cclient\u201d means, subject to Part 5, a person with or for whom securities investment business is transacted, but for the purposes of these regulations does not include a market counterparty; Regulation 2 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations \u201cclient assets\u201d means securities held for or on behalf of a client and any other assets which may be so held with such securities; and assets cease to be client assets when a licensee has disposed of them in accordance with a valid instruction from the client; \u201cclient bank account\u201d means a current or a deposit account at an approved bank that \u2014 (a) is in the name of the licensee; and (b) includes in its title an appropriate description to distinguish the money in the account from the licensee\u2019s money; \u201cclient money\u201d means money of any currency which, in the course of carrying on securities investment business, a licensee holds for, or receives from or on behalf of, a client, but does not include money specified in regulation 38; \u201ccollateral\u201d means assets which belong to a client and which are held or controlled by the licensee under the terms of a deposit, pledge, charge or other arrangement to secure the client\u2019s obligation in connection with securities investment business; \u201ccontingent liability\u201d means a contract for differences, a future or an option under the terms of which the client is or may be liable to make further payments to when the transaction falls to be completed or upon the earlier closing out of that client\u2019s position; \u201ccustodian\u201d means an authorised or recognised custodian as defined in the Companies Management Act (2025 Revision) or, in the case of securities which are the property of a professional client, any person whom the licensee reasonably believes to be in the business of the provision of securities custodial services; \u201cemployee\u201d includes a manager and a corporate secretary; \u201cfinancial resources\u201d means the resources defined in Schedule 1 of the Securities Investment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards) Regulations, 2003; \u201cfinancial resources requirement\u201d means the requirement defined in Schedule 1 of the Securities Investment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards) Regulations, 2003; \u201cgroup company\u201d means a company within a \u201cgroup of companies\u201d as defined in section 3; \u201chigh net worth person\u201d means \u2014 (i) an individual whose net worth is at least $800,000 or its equivalent in any other currency; or (ii) any person that has total assets of not less than $4,000,000 or its equivalent in any other currency; Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 2 \u201clicensee\u201d means a person licensed under the Law; \u201cmarket counterparty\u201d means \u2014 (a) a government; (b) a central bank or other national monetary authority; (c) a supranational; (d) a state investment or public debt management body; (e) a professional client where classified as a market counterparty under the provisions of regulation 12; \u201cnominee company\u201d means a company controlled by \u2014 (a) the licensee; (b) a group company; (c) a securities investment business intermediary that is an exchange or (d) a custodian; \u201cOTC\u201d means over the counter, whereby in relation to any security, the security is not subject to the rules of any exchange; \u201cOTC counterparty\u201d means a counterparty to an OTC transaction; \u201cprincipal Act\u201d means the Securities Investment Business Act (2020 Revision); \u201cprivate client\u201d means a client who is not a professional client; \u201cprofessional client\u201d means a client who is \u2014 (a) a public authority; (b) a securities investment business intermediary; (c) a sophisticated person of category (a) or (b); (d) a high net worth person specified under sub-paragraph (ii), other than an individual; (e) an unregulated mutual fund; (f) a sophisticated person specified under paragraph (c); or (g) a private client where classified as a professional client under the provisions of regulation 12; \u201crecognised overseas banking regulatory authority\u201d means the equivalent banking regulator within the same country or territory as a recognised overseas regulatory authority; \u201creconciliation\u201d means the identification and explanation of individual items of difference between two sets of records, but does not include the processing of necessary adjustments; \u201csection\u201d means a section of the principal Act; and Regulation 3 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations \u201csecurities investment business intermediary\u201d means an exchange, clearinghouse, intermediate broker, settlement agent, or OTC counterparty; \u201csophisticated person\u201d means a person \u2014 (a) regulated by the Authority; (b) regulated by a recognised overseas regulatory authority; (c) any of whose securities are listed on recognised securities exchange; or (d) who \u2014 (i) by virtue of knowledge and experience in financial and business matters is reasonably to be regarded as capable of evaluating the merits of a proposed transaction; and (ii) participates in a transaction with a value or in monetary amounts of at least $80,000 or its equivalent in any other currency, in the case of each single transaction; and \u201cunregulated mutual fund\u201d means a mutual fund falling under the exemption in section 4(4) of the Mutual Funds Act (2025 Revision) and a mutual fund not otherwise covered by that Act. PART 2 \u2013 GENERAL\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Application of regulations and conflict between regulations 3. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), these regulations apply to all licensees. (2) In respect of a licensee who is also licensed under another regulatory law, where there is a conflict between the requirements of these regulations and the requirements under that other regulatory law or any regulations made thereunder, or associated market practice, the Authority may waive or modify the application of these regulations to the extent that, in the opinion of the Authority, the proper conduct of securities investment business by the licensee is not adversely affected. (3) The Authority shall issue guidance under section 12 in respect of matters covered by these Regulations. (4) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (3), the guidance will cover in particular matters in regulations 8, 11, 27, 34, and 40.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Insurance 4. (1) A licensee shall at all times maintain insurance to cover, at least \u2014 (a) professional indemnity; (b) the professional liability of senior officers and corporate secretaries; and (c) business interruption, Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 5 in an amount appropriate to the size, complexity and nature of the securities investment business of the licensee. (2) A licensee shall file with the Authority current details of the insurance required under subregulation (1) prior to the renewal of a licensee\u2019s securities investment business licence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Disclosure of regulator 5. (1) A licensee shall ensure that the fact that it is regulated by the Authority is disclosed in all correspondence, advertisements and other documents relating to the licensee\u2019s securities investment business. (2) A licensee shall not represent to any person that, because of its status as a licensee, it is indemnified by the Authority or by the government against any loss or damage which may arise from the conduct of its business as a licensee.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Conduct of officers and employees 6. (1) A licensee shall ensure that every senior officer and employee of the licensee enters into a written undertaking to observe the requirements of subregulation (3). (2) A licensee shall designate its senior officers\u2019 and employees\u2019 own accounts, and any other accounts subject to the requirements in sub-regulation (3), in a manner that enables such accounts to be distinguished from client accounts. (3) A senior officer or employee shall obtain the prior written consent of the licensee in order to deal with that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account in securities of any kind in respect of which the licensee carries on securities investment business and such permission may be general or specific, and the senior officer or the employee shall \u2014 (a) not deal in securities for that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account with any of the licensee\u2019s clients; (b) report promptly to the licensee within 2 business days any transaction for that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account for which permission is required which that senior officer or employee enters into otherwise than through the licensee unless that senior officer or employee has arranged for the licensee to receive promptly a copy of the contract or similar note issued in respect of the transaction; and (c) not deal for that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account at a time or in a manner, which that senior officer or employee knows or should know, is likely to have a direct adverse effect on the particular interests of any client of the licensee. (4) Where a senior officer or employee is precluded from entering into a transaction for that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account, that senior officer or Regulation 7 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations employee shall not procure any other person to enter into such a transaction on that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s behalf. (5) Subregulations (1) to (4) do not apply to senior officers and employees who are not involved to any material extent in, or do not have access to trading or client information or such kind of information about the licensee\u2019s securities investment business. (6) A senior officer or employee who contravenes sub-regulation (3) or (4) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Gifts or inducements 7. A licensee shall establish and maintain compliance procedures designed to ensure that no senior officer accepts any gift or inducement that is likely to conflict with that senior officer\u2019s duties to any client of the licensee.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Record keeping 8. (1) In addition to the requirements in the Securities Investment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards) Regulations, 2003, a licensee shall establish and maintain procedures to ensure that sufficient information is recorded and retained about its securities investment business, in relation to \u2014 (a) advertisements; (b) clients; (c) senior officers and employees; (d) the licensee itself; and (e) securities investment business transactions. (2) A licensee shall retain records for a minimum period of 5 years from the relevant date. (3) The nature of the records to be maintained and the relevant dates to be used under sub-regulation (2) shall be contained in guidance issued by the Authority. 9. Notifications 9. In addition to the notification requirements under section 7(4), a licensee shall notify the Authority immediately in writing of the occurrence of any of the following, in relation to the licensee or its securities investment business, as the case may be \u2014 (a) the presentation of a petition for the winding up of the licensee or of a company which is a subsidiary or holding company of the licensee or the summoning of any meeting to consider a resolution to wind up any of them; Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 9 (b) the application by any person for the appointment of a receiver, administrator or trustee of the licensee or a subsidiary or holding company of the licensee; (c) the making, or any proposals for the making, of a composition or arrangement with a creditor or creditors of the licensee, or a subsidiary or holding company of the licensee; (d) the appointment of inspectors by a statutory or other regulatory authority to investigate the affairs of the licensee, or a subsidiary or holding company of the licensee; (e) the bringing of any action against the licensee, or a subsidiary or holding company of the licensee, under the principal Act; (f) any claims on or material changes to the licensee\u2019s insurance arrangements; (g) any resignations or dismissals of senior officers or senior employees of the licensee or holding company of the licensee; (h) where the licensee becomes aware that a senior officer or employee has been engaged in activities involving fraud or other dishonesty; (i) any material breakdown of administrative or control procedures (including breakdowns of computer systems or other problems resulting or likely to result in failure to maintain proper records), and the steps that the licensee proposes to take to correct the problem; (j) the date on which it proposes to cease to carry on securities investment business and the reasons for the cessation; (k) the inability of the licensee to perform the calculations required under regulation 44; (l) the inability of the licensee to perform any of the reconciliations required under any regulations or to correct any deficiencies identified by the reconciliations; (m) a breach by the licensee of regulations 4 and 6 of the Securities Investment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards Regulations), 2003 together with details of the steps which the licensee is taking to remedy the breach; (n) where a licensee has reason to believe that it will be unable to \u2014 (i) submit a financial reporting statement as required by the Securities Investment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards) Regulations, 2003; or (ii) make a payment to a securities investment business intermediary by the due date as required under the rules of any of those intermediaries, thereby causing the default of the licensee under those rules; Regulation 9A Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (o) the failure of any approved bank, securities investment business intermediary or other entity with which the licensee has deposited or to which it has passed client money; and for these purposes, \u201cfailure\u201d means the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator or trustee in bankruptcy or any equivalent procedure in the relevant jurisdiction; (p) where a licensee becomes aware of any actual or contingent claim in relation to securities investment business by or against the licensee where any amount claimed or disputed is likely to exceed 10% of the licensee\u2019s financial resources; (q) where a licensee\u2019s financial resources fall below 110% of its financial resources requirement and its adjusted total assets fall by 10% from the figure shown on its most recent financial reporting statement; (r) where a licensee\u2019s unsecured borrowings exceed 10 times its adjusted total assets, unless the loans are subordinated loans which qualify as eligible capital substitutes; or to extent that the licensee\u2019s position in those investments is a long position; and (s) any other matter material to the Authority\u2019s supervision of the licensee, as may be set out in guidance. 9A. Annual client reporting statement 9A. (1) A licensee who is \u2014 (a)  carrying on a regulated activity under Schedule 2 to the principal Act for a foreign fund; or (b)  managing securities belonging to a foreign fund, shall submit to the Authority an annual client reporting statement in the form set out in the Schedule and in accordance with any guidance issued by the Authority under section 12 of the principal Act. (2) The client reporting statement in paragraph (1) shall include such other supplementary information as the Authority may require and shall be submitted to the Authority at the same time as the audited accounts under section 13(2) of the principal Act are being submitted. (3)  For the purposes of \u2014 (a)  paragraph (1)(a), \u201cforeign fund\u201d means a company, partnership, unit trust or any other body constituted, incorporated or established under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Islands that is carrying on business in or from the Islands pursuant to section 4(4) (b) of the Mutual Funds Act (2025 Revision) or section 5(3) of the Private Funds Act (2025 Revision); and (b)  paragraph (1)(b), \u201cforeign fund\u201d means a company, partnership, unit trust or any other body constituted, incorporated or established under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Islands that is not carrying on business in Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 10 or from the Islands but is being managed by a licensee that manages securities under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act. PART 3 \u2013 ADVERTISING STANDARDS 10. Advertisements 10. (1) This Part applies to all holders of securities investment business licences issued under section 6 , but does not govern advertisements that are only made to or directed at persons who are market counterparties or professional clients. (2) An advertisement shall not contain or include \u2014 (a) a statement, promise or forecast which is misleading; (b) a statement, promise or forecast which the licensee does not, at the time the advertisement is issued or made, have reasonable grounds for believing to be true; (c) a statement of opinion held by any person which the licensee does not at the time the advertisement is issued or made have reasonable grounds for believing to be the honestly held opinion of that person at that time; (d) a misleading statement about the scale of activities of, or any of the activities of, or the resources of or available to, the licensee or the licensee\u2019s group of companies; (e) a statement relating to past performance unless \u2014 (i) the basis on which such performance is measured is clearly stated and the presentation is not misleading; (ii) it is accompanied by a warning that past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance; and (iii) the past performance is relevant to the investment or the services offered by the licensee; (f) a statement relating to taxation benefits unless it is properly qualified to show what it means in practice and to whom such benefits apply; or (g) a comparison with other forms of investment unless the basis of comparison is clearly stated and the comparison is fair. (3) The content and format of any advertisement shall not: (a) be so designed as to be likely to be misunderstood; (b) be so designed as to disguise the significance of any warning statement or information which is required to be included or provided under this Part; (c) be presented in such a way that it is not clearly identifiable as an advertisement; or Regulation 11 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (d)  signify in any way that the advertisement is approved by the Authority. (4) An advertisement shall \u2014 (a) identify the licensee who issued or made it or caused it to be issued or made including a full address; and (b) disclose the identity of the licensee\u2019s regulator. (5) An advertisement shall specify all of the terms and conditions that attach to an investment unless: (a) the terms and conditions which are specified give a fair indication of the nature of the investment and the risks involved; and (b) the advertisement contains or provides information as to how a written statement of all the terms and conditions can be obtained. (6) An advertisement shall disclose any special areas of risk relating to the investment, including limited marketability. (7) In the case of an investment the value of which may fluctuate or is not guaranteed (or both), the advertisement shall state that fact prominently. (8) In the case of an investment the value of which is guaranteed, the advertisement shall state clearly the nature of the guarantee and to what it relates and whether there are any matters that may affect the investor\u2019s ability to benefit from it. (9) An advertisement shall not specify a rate of return without specifying how it is calculated and such return or calculation shall include any element that involves any potential reduction of the investor\u2019s capital. (10) An advertisement inviting investment in futures, options, and contracts for differences and other derivatives shall contain or provide a warning of the financial risks attached to such type of investment. (11) A licensee shall keep a record of all advertisements issued or made by it in accordance with regulation 8 and any relevant guidance issued by the Authority under that regulation. PART 4 \u2013 STANDARDS FOR DEALINGS WITH CLIENTS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Required standards of a licensee 11. (1) A licensee shall \u2014 (a) act with high standards of market conduct, integrity and fair dealing in the conduct of securities investment business; (b) act with due skill, care and diligence in providing any service which that licensee provides or holds themselves out as willing to provide; Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 12 (c) ensure that clients are provided with sufficient and timely disclosure regarding \u2014 (i) the licensee\u2019s fees, commission and recoverable disbursements; (ii) any risks associated with an investment strategy recommended to a client by the licensee; and (iii) any other matter reasonably to be regarded as necessary to enable the client to make informed decisions regarding securities investment business conducted with or through a licensee; and (d) except where execution-only services are being provided by the licensee take reasonable steps to ensure that, in relation to a private client, any investment strategy in connection with securities investment business recommended to or executed on behalf of such client is suitable, having regard to all the relevant facts. (2) Where there is or may be in respect of a securities investment business transaction a conflict of interest between a licensee and a client or between clients of a licensee, the licensee shall take reasonable steps to ensure that clients are given fair treatment. (3) The Authority will issue guidance on matters provided for by this regulation. 12. Classification of clients 12. (1) A licensee shall classify all persons with or for whom it transacts securities investment business as either private clients, professional clients or market counterparties. (2) A licensee may classify a client who would otherwise be a private client as a professional client where \u2014 (a) the client falls within the definition of a high net worth person where an individual; or (b) where the client falls within the definition of a sophisticated person under paragraph (d) (i) or (ii) and the licensee \u2014 (i) has taken reasonable care to determine that the client has sufficient experience and understanding so as not to require the protections provided for private clients; (ii)  has given a clear written warning to the client of the protections under the principal Act and any regulations made under the principal Act which that client will lose; and (iii) has obtained the client\u2019s written consent after the client has had a proper opportunity to consider that warning. (3) A licensee may classify a client who would otherwise be a professional client, except where that client attains such classification by operation of subsection (2), as a market counterparty where \u2014 Regulation 13 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (a) the client falls within categories (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of professional client and is not acting for an underlying client; (b) the client is a company or partnership falling within category (d) of the definition of professional client and has a net worth of $12,000,000 or, where a company, a net turnover of $22,000,000, or the equivalent in any other currency; and (c) before commencing securities investment business with the client on a market counterparty basis, the licensee advises the client in writing of the protections under the principal Act or any regulations made under the principal Act that that client will lose as a result, and the client does not object to being classified as a market counterparty. (4) Where a licensee has classified a client as a professional client or a market counterparty under the provisions of sub regulations (2) or (3), it shall review such classifications at least annually, to ensure that the classifications remain appropriate.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Provision for cessation of business 13. Where a licensee decides to cease any securities investment business, the licensee shall ensure that any such business that is outstanding is properly completed or is transferred to another licensee.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Lending to clients 14. (1) A licensee shall not knowingly lend money or extend credit to a private client in connection with securities investment business, and shall not arrange for any other person to do so, unless \u2014 (a) the licensee has made and recorded an assessment of the private client\u2019s financial standing, based on information disclosed by that client, and it is satisfied that the arrangements for the loan or credit and the amount concerned are suitable in relation to the type of securities investment agreement proposed or likely to be entered into by the licensee; and (b) the client has given that client\u2019s prior written consent to both the maximum amount of the loan or credit and the amount or basis of any charges to be levied in connection with the loan or credit. (2) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply where a licensee \u2014 (a)  settles a securities transaction in the event of default or late payment by the client; or (b) extends credit to cover a margin call made on a private client for a period not exceeding more than 5 business days. Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 15\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Client agreement 15. Subject to regulation 16, a licensee which conducts securities investment business with any client shall do so by means of a written agreement which shall include, at a minimum, the matters set out in regulation 17.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Exemption from client agreement 16. A client agreement is not required for \u2014 (a) the issue of any tipsheet, brokers\u2019 circular or other investment publication; (b) deals effected or arranged on behalf of an execution-only client.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Provisions of a client agreement 17. A client agreement shall include \u2014 (a) the nature of services to be provided by the licensee under the agreement; (b) by way of annual letter forming part of the agreement, the client\u2019s investment objectives and any restrictions on investments or markets in which funds may be invested; (c) in respect of fees payable by the client to the licensee \u2014 (i) the basis and method of the calculation; (ii) the basis of payment whether by bill or by deduction from income or capital; and (iii) the frequency of payment; (d) the fact that the licensee is regulated in the conduct of its securities investment business by the Authority; (e) the manner in which the instructions may be given by the client for any transaction; (f) where the licensee is acting as securities manager, the initial value and composition of the managed portfolio and the period of account for which statements of the portfolio are to be provided, in accordance with regulation 24; (g) the arrangements for handling and accounting for client money, including details of the payment of interest; (h) where the licensee is providing custody services in respect of client assets, terms and conditions relating to \u2014 (i) registration, if the assets will not be registered in the client\u2019s name; (ii) claiming and receiving dividends, interest payments and other rights accruing to the client; (iii) exercising voting, conversion and subscription rights; (iv) dealing with takeovers, other offers or capital reorganisations; Regulation 18 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (v) the provision of statements under regulation 36; (vi) the extent of the licensee\u2019s liability in the event of a default by a custodian, provided that the licensee may not disclaim responsibility for losses arising directly from the fraud, wilful default or negligence of the licensee; in respect of any contractual right of the licensee to realise a private client\u2019s assets \u2014 (i) in respect of any contractual right of the licensee to realise a private client\u2019s assets \u2014 (i) the circumstances in which and the action it may take to do so; and (ii) the specific assets over which it may do so; (j) the client\u2019s right of inspection of copy contract notes, vouchers and copies of entries in books or electronic recording media relating to the client\u2019s transactions with a statement that such records will be maintained for a period of 5 years from the date of the transaction; and (k) in relation to any stock lending activity consented to by a private client, appropriate terms and conditions, including \u2014 (i) the securities to be lent; (ii) the type and value of collateral from the borrower; and (iii) the method and amount of payment due to the private client in respect of the lending; and (l) arrangements for bringing the agreement to an end.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Contingent liability investment agreement 18. Where a licensee is effecting transactions in a contingent liability investment on behalf of a private client, the client agreement shall specify, in addition to the items in regulation 17 \u2014 (a) the circumstances in which the licensee may require additional money from the client by way of margin; (b) that the minimum margin to be required for an on-exchange transaction shall be equal to the margin requirements of the relevant securities investment business intermediary; (c) the form in which the margin may be provided, and the timing thereof; and (d) the steps that the licensee may be required or entitled to take in the event that the client fails to provide the required margin.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Discretionary portfolio management agreement 19. (1) Where a licensee is exercising discretionary portfolio management for a client, in addition to the items in regulation 17, the client agreement shall specify the following: Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 20 (a) the extent of discretion to be exercised by the licensee, including any restrictions on the category of investment in which the funds comprised in the portfolio may be invested, or on the amount, or the proportion of the fund which may be invested in any category or any one investment; (b) the frequency with which the client is to be supplied with a statement of the money and the investments comprised in the portfolio and a valuation thereof and the basis of the valuation; (c) if the agreement is to include a measure of portfolio performance, the basis on which that performance is to be measured; and (d) whether hedging or borrowing powers are to be used, and the nature of such powers and limits on their use. (2) A licensee, on accepting the portfolio referred to under sub-regulation (1) , shall as soon as is practical, send to the client a statement showing the current market value and composition of the portfolio.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Contract note 20. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), after a transaction has been carried out for a client, the licensee shall send to the client or to that client\u2019s order promptly, a contract note with the essential features of the transaction, in accordance with regulation\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"(2) A licensee is not required to issue a contract note to a client where the client has requested in writing that contract notes should not be issued. 21. Information in a contract note 21. A contract note shall include the following information \u2014 (a) name and the address of the licensee and the capacity in which the licensee is acting; (b) the client\u2019s name or other designation and account number; (c) the date of the transaction; (d) description of the security and the size of the transaction; (e) the nature of the transaction and the unit price; (f) total cost or proceeds, as the case may be, of the transaction; (g) amount of remuneration and commission of the licensee; (h) amount of expenses, fees, taxes or duties; (i) settlement date; and (j) foreign exchange rate (where applicable). Regulation 22 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Complaints procedure 22. The licensee shall establish effective complaints handling systems and procedures that ensure that \u2014 (a) adequate records of complaints, including a central register, are established and maintained; and (b) all complaints are responded to in writing within 14 days of receipt of such complaints.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Access to records 23. For the period during which it is required to keep relevant records under these regulations, a licensee shall make available to any client on request, within a reasonable period of time after such request is made \u2014 (a) those parts of any written material and records which relate to that client and which the licensee has sent, or is required to send, to that client under these regulations; and (b) copies of any correspondence received from that client relating to securities investment business. 24. Periodic statements 24. A licensee that manages a portfolio for a client shall provide a written statement to that client \u2014 (a) annually at the request of the client unless paragraph (c) applies; (b) once every quarter unless paragraphs (a) or (c) applies; or (c) monthly where the client\u2019s portfolio includes an uncovered open position in a contingent liability investment, and such statement shall contain adequate information on the value and composition of the portfolio as at the end of the period covered by the statement. PART 5 \u2013 CLIENT ASSETS AND MONEY\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"References to client 25. For the purposes of this Part, unless otherwise expressly provided, references to \u201cclient\u201d shall be deemed to include a market counterparty.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Mandates 26. A licensee shall establish and maintain adequate records and internal controls in respect of any mandate from a client under which the licensee may control a client\u2019s assets or liabilities in connection with securities investment business. Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 27\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Safeguarding of client assets 27. A licensee shall ensure that it secures adequate protection for assets belonging to a client when it is accountable for them, in accordance with this Part and any guidance issued by the Authority.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"Maintenance of adequate records 28. Where a licensee holds assets as collateral and has exercised any associated rights to treat the assets as its own, the licensee shall ensure that it maintains adequate records to enable it to meet any future obligations including the return of equivalent assets to the client.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_29\", \"num\": \"29.\", \"text\": \"Segregation of client assets 29. (1) In addition to complying with section 10, a licensee shall ensure that where assets belonging to a client are held with a custodian, the custodian\u2019s records show clearly that the assets belong to one or more clients of the licensee. (2) For the purposes of section 10, assets under the control of a licensee that belong directly to a company within the same group of companies as the licensee are to be segregated from client assets, unless the company has agreed to be treated as a client who is dealt with at arm\u2019s length.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_30\", \"num\": \"30.\", \"text\": \"Registration and recording 30. A licensee shall effect appropriate registration or recording of legal title to client assets in the name of \u2014 (a) the client; (b) a nominee company; (c) a custodian, where the licensee has notified the client in writing, or the licensee, where the licensee has obtained the prior written consent of a private client, or in the case of a professional client or a market counterparty, has notified the client, in the case where the asset is subject to the law or market practice of a jurisdiction outside the Islands and the licensee has taken reasonable steps to determine that it is in the best interests of the client to register or record it in that way or that it is not feasible to do otherwise, having regard to the applicable law or market practice; or (d) any other person, at the written direction of the client, provided that in the case of a private client, that other person is not a company within the same group of companies as the licensee.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_31\", \"num\": \"31.\", \"text\": \"Physical custody of documents of title 31. (1) Physical possession of any documents of title shall be held \u2014 (a) by the licensee; Regulation 32 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations (b) by a custodian; or (c) in the case of a market counterparty or professional client, in accordance with their written instructions. (2) A licensee shall ensure that the arrangements for the physical custody of any documents of title to client assets are appropriate to the value and risk of loss of the assets concerned, and that there are adequate controls to safeguard the assets from damage, misappropriation or other loss.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_32\", \"num\": \"32.\", \"text\": \"Stock lending 32. A licensee shall not engage in stock lending activity with or for a private client or professional client unless the activity is covered in the client agreement under regulation 17.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_33\", \"num\": \"33.\", \"text\": \"Reconciliation 33. A licensee shall, not less than once every 5 weeks, or with the permission of the Authority, not less than once every 6 months, perform a reconciliation of its records of client assets for which it is accountable but which are not in the licensee\u2019s physical custody, with statements obtained from custodians or other persons responsible for maintaining records of legal entitlement.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_34\", \"num\": \"34.\", \"text\": \"Further reconciliation 34. (1) A licensee shall, not less than once every 6 months, carry out \u2014 (a) a count of all client assets it (or a nominee company or group company) physically holds and a reconciliation with its records of such holdings; and (b) a reconciliation between the licensee\u2019s (or a nominee company\u2019s or group company\u2019s) records of holdings of client assets and the records of the location of such holdings. (2) The reconciliation shall be performed by \u2014 (a) the total count method; or (b) an alternative method approved by the Authority, provided that confirmation is provided by the licensee\u2019s auditor that the licensee has systems and controls in place to enable it to adequately perform such alternative method.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_35\", \"num\": \"35.\", \"text\": \"Correction of discrepancies 35. A licensee shall promptly correct any discrepancies revealed by the reconciliations and make good, or provide the equivalent of, any unreconciled shortfall for which there are reasonable grounds for concluding that the licensee is responsible. Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 36\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_36\", \"num\": \"36.\", \"text\": \"Client Statements 36. (1) A licensee shall as often as necessary or on at least one date during its financial year and not less than 6 months after the previous statement date, provide all active clients within 5 weeks of the date as at which the statement is made with a statement listing all client assets for which the licensee is accountable. (2) Statements under sub-regulation (1) shall \u2014 (a) identify assets registered in the client\u2019s own name separately from those registered otherwise; (b) identify separately any client assets that are being used as collateral; (c) show the market value as at the statement date of any collateral held; and (d) in respect of a private client, base the statement on either the trade date or the settlement date and notify the client which basis has been used. (3) A statement shall include client money but a licensee, as an alternative, may instead include this in a separate statement provided to the client no later than 1 month after the date of the statement.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_37\", \"num\": \"37.\", \"text\": \"Client money 37. A licensee shall secure the proper accounting for and handling of client money.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_38\", \"num\": \"38.\", \"text\": \"Money not considered \u201cclient money\u201d 38. For the purposes of these regulations client money does not include \u2014 (a) money of a professional client or market counterparty who has opted out of segregation by written notification to the licensee; (b) money due and payable to the licensee; (c) money of group companies, unless the licensee has been notified that the money belongs to the client of a group company or the group company is a client dealt with at arm\u2019s length; or (d) money received from a client and which is due to settle a transaction within 24 hours, and where the licensee settles the transaction by the close of business on the third day following the date the money is received.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_39\", \"num\": \"39.\", \"text\": \"Segregation of client money 39. In order to comply with section 10, when a licensee receives client money it shall either \u2014 (a) pay it as soon as possible and in any event no later than the next business day after receipt, into a client bank account; or (b) pay it out in accordance with regulation 46. Regulation 40 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_40\", \"num\": \"40.\", \"text\": \"Client bank accounts 40. (1) Subject to regulation 42, a licensee shall ensure that client money is held at all times in a client bank account with one or more approved banks. (2) A licensee shall, no less than once in each financial year, take reasonable steps to confirm that the bank or banks used for client bank accounts remain appropriate for that purpose in accordance with the relevant guidance issued by the Authority.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_41\", \"num\": \"41.\", \"text\": \"Holding client money with group company 41. (1) A licensee that holds or intends to hold client money with an approved bank that is a group company shall disclose this fact to the client in writing, together with the name of the bank, and comply with regulation 40(2). (2) Where a client gives written notification to a licensee that that client does not want that client\u2019s money to be held with an approved bank that is a group company the licensee shall either \u2014 (a) deposit that client\u2019s money with another approved bank; or (b) return that client money to, or to the order of, the client.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_42\", \"num\": \"42.\", \"text\": \"Transfer of client money to a third party 42. A licensee may allow a securities investment business intermediary to hold or control client money for the purpose of \u2014 (a) a transaction for a client with or through that intermediary; or (b) meeting a client\u2019s obligation to provide collateral for a transaction, provided that, in the case of a private client, that client is notified that that client\u2019s money may be so held or controlled.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_43\", \"num\": \"43.\", \"text\": \"Bank not to combine client\u2019s money and licensee\u2019s money 43. A licensee shall ensure that the approved bank at which client money is held confirms to the licensee by means of provisions in the approved bank\u2019s custody agreement with the licensee, mandate provisions or otherwise in writing that it understands that all money in any client bank account of a licensee is held by the licensee as trustee and that the bank is not entitled to combine any money in such account with any other account of the licensee or to exercise any right of lien, set-off or counterclaim against money in a client bank account in respect of any debt owed by the licensee.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_44\", \"num\": \"44.\", \"text\": \"Client money requirement 44. Each business day, a licensee shall ensure that the aggregate balance on its client bank accounts is, by the close of business that day, at least equal to the client money requirement as defined in guidance issued by the Authority, as at the close of business of the previous business day, and ensure that \u2014 Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations(2026 Revision) Regulation 45 (a) any shortfall is paid into a client bank account by the close of business on the day the calculation is performed; or (b) any excess is withdrawn within the same time period.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_45\", \"num\": \"45.\", \"text\": \"Reconciliation of client money balances 45. (1) A licensee shall, as often as is necessary to ensure the accuracy of its records, and at least once in every 5 weeks, perform reconciliations on \u2014 (a) the balance on each client bank account as recorded by the licensee with the balance on that account as recorded by the approved bank with which those accounts are held; (b) the balance, currency by currency, on each client transaction account with securities investment business intermediaries as recorded by the licensee, with the balance as recorded by the intermediaries; and (c) its records of collateral received from clients within 10 business days of the date to which the reconciliation relates. (2) Where any discrepancy arises in any of the reconciliations in subregulation (1), the licensee shall correct it as soon as possible, unless the discrepancy arises solely as a result of timing differences between the accounting systems of the approved bank or securities investment business intermediary and those of the licensee. (3) Where one set of records involved in the reconciliation indicates a shortfall in client money balances, for the period that such discrepancy remains unresolved, the licensee shall cover the shortfall by paying its own money into the relevant client account. 46. When money is no longer client money 46. Money ceases to be client money if it is paid \u2014 (a) to the client, or the client\u2019s duly authorised representative; (b) to a third party on the instructions of the client, unless transferred in the course of a transaction under regulation 42; (c) into a bank account in the name of the client (not being an account which is also in the name of the licensee); or (d) to the licensee itself, where it is due and payable to the licensee. SCHEDULE Securities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations SCHEDULE (regulation 9A) Annual Client Reporting Statement The requirement for information under paragraphs (iv) and (v) only applies to licensees under regulation 9A(1)(a). A licensee who is \u2014 (a)  carrying on a regulated activity under Schedule 2 to the principal Act for a foreign fund; or (b)  managing securities belonging to a foreign fund, shall provide the following information\u2014 (i)  the name of the fund; (ii) the jurisdiction in which the fund is registered; (iii)  the jurisdiction in which the fund is incorporated; (iv)  the name of the stock exchange if the fund is listed on a recognised stock exchange; and (v)  the name of the overseas regulatory authority if the fund is regulated by a recognised overseas regulatory authority. Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th day of January, 2026. 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(Conduct of Business) Regulations\n(2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nSecurities Investment Business Act\n(2020 Revision)\nSECURITIES INVESTMENT BUSINESS\n(CONDUCT OF BUSINESS) REGULATIONS\n(2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\nRegulation\nPage\n1.\nCitation ......................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\nPART 2 \u2013 GENERAL\n3.\nApplication of regulations and conflict between regulations ........................................................8\n4.\nInsurance ...................................................................................................................................8\n5.\nDisclosure of regulator ...............................................................................................................9\n6.\nConduct of officers and employees ............................................................................................9\n7.\nGifts or inducements ................................................................................................................ 10\n8.\nRecord keeping ....................................................................................................................... 10\n9.\nNotifications ............................................................................................................................. 10\n9A.\nAnnual client reporting statement ............................................................................................. 12\nPART 3 \u2013 ADVERTISING STANDARDS\n10.\nAdvertisements ........................................................................................................................ 13\nPART 4 \u2013 STANDARDS FOR DEALINGS WITH CLIENTS\n11.\nRequired standards of a licensee ............................................................................................. 14\n12.\nClassification of clients............................................................................................................. 15\n\nArrangement of Regulations\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n(2026 Revision)\n\nPage 4\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n13.\nProvision for cessation of business .......................................................................................... 16\n14.\nLending to clients ..................................................................................................................... 16\n15.\nClient agreement ..................................................................................................................... 17\n16.\nExemption from client agreement ............................................................................................ 17\n17.\nProvisions of a client agreement .............................................................................................. 17\n18.\nContingent liability investment agreement ................................................................................ 18\n19.\nDiscretionary portfolio management agreement ....................................................................... 18\n20.\nContract note ........................................................................................................................... 19\n21.\nInformation in a contract note .................................................................................................. 19\n22.\nComplaints procedure .............................................................................................................. 20\n23.\nAccess to records .................................................................................................................... 20\n24.\nPeriodic statements ................................................................................................................. 20\nPART 5 \u2013 CLIENT ASSETS AND MONEY\n25.\nReferences to client ................................................................................................................. 20\n26.\nMandates................................................................................................................................. 20\n27.\nSafeguarding of client assets ................................................................................................... 21\n28.\nMaintenance of adequate records ............................................................................................ 21\n29.\nSegregation of client assets ..................................................................................................... 21\n30.\nRegistration and recording ....................................................................................................... 21\n31.\nPhysical custody of documents of title ..................................................................................... 21\n32.\nStock lending ........................................................................................................................... 22\n33.\nReconciliation .......................................................................................................................... 22\n34.\nFurther reconciliation ............................................................................................................... 22\n35.\nCorrection of discrepancies ..................................................................................................... 22\n36.\nClient Statements .................................................................................................................... 23\n37.\nClient money ........................................................................................................................... 23\n38.\nMoney not considered \u201cclient money\u201d ...................................................................................... 23\n39.\nSegregation of client money .................................................................................................... 23\n40.\nClient bank accounts ............................................................................................................... 24\n41.\nHolding client money with group company ............................................................................... 24\n42.\nTransfer of client money to a third party ................................................................................... 24\n43.\nBank not to combine client\u2019s money and licensee\u2019s money ...................................................... 24\n44.\nClient money requirement ........................................................................................................ 24\n45.\nReconciliation of client money balances................................................................................... 25\n46.\nWhen money is no longer client money ................................................................................... 25\nSCHEDULE\n26\nENDNOTES\n27\nTable of Legislation history: ............................................................................................................... 27\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nSecurities Investment Business Act\n(2020 Revision)\nSECURITIES INVESTMENT BUSINESS\n(CONDUCT OF BUSINESS) REGULATIONS\n(2026 Revision)\n\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Securities Investment Business (Conduct of\nBusiness) Regulations (2026 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires \u2014\n\u201cadvertisement\u201d means any form of offer, invitation, inducement or sales\npromotion in relation to securities however communicated, promulgated,\npublished or distributed;\n\u201capproved bank\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\na bank licensed under the Banks and Trust Companies Act (2025 Revision);\n(b) a bank regulated by, and in good standing with, a recognised overseas\nbanking regulatory authority; or\n(c)\nany other bank or category of bank approved by the Authority;\n\u201cclient\u201d means, subject to Part 5, a person with or for whom securities\ninvestment business is transacted, but for the purposes of these regulations does\nnot include a market counterparty;\n\nRegulation 2\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n\u201cclient assets\u201d means securities held for or on behalf of a client and any other\nassets which may be so held with such securities; and assets cease to be client\nassets when a licensee has disposed of them in accordance with a valid\ninstruction from the client;\n\u201cclient bank account\u201d means a current or a deposit account at an approved bank\nthat \u2014\n(a)\nis in the name of the licensee; and\n(b) includes in its title an appropriate description to distinguish the money in\nthe account from the licensee\u2019s money;\n\u201cclient money\u201d means money of any currency which, in the course of carrying\non securities investment business, a licensee holds for, or receives from or on\nbehalf of, a client, but does not include money specified in regulation 38;\n\u201ccollateral\u201d means assets which belong to a client and which are held or\ncontrolled by the licensee under the terms of a deposit, pledge, charge or other\narrangement to secure the client\u2019s obligation in connection with securities\ninvestment business;\n\u201ccontingent liability\u201d means a contract for differences, a future or an option\nunder the terms of which the client is or may be liable to make further payments\nto when the transaction falls to be completed or upon the earlier closing out of\nthat client\u2019s position;\n\u201ccustodian\u201d means an authorised or recognised custodian as defined in the\nCompanies Management Act (2025 Revision) or, in the case of securities which\nare the property of a professional client, any person whom the licensee\nreasonably believes to be in the business of the provision of securities custodial\nservices;\n\u201cemployee\u201d includes a manager and a corporate secretary;\n\u201cfinancial resources\u201d means the resources defined in Schedule 1 of the\nSecurities Investment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards)\nRegulations, 2003;\n\u201cfinancial resources requirement\u201d means the requirement defined in Schedule\n1 of the Securities Investment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards)\nRegulations, 2003;\n\u201cgroup company\u201d means a company within a \u201cgroup of companies\u201d as defined\nin section 3;\n\u201chigh net worth person\u201d means \u2014\n(i)\nan individual whose net worth is at least $800,000 or its equivalent\nin any other currency; or\n(ii) any person that has total assets of not less than $4,000,000 or its\nequivalent in any other currency;\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 2\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 7\n\n\u201clicensee\u201d means a person licensed under the Law;\n\u201cmarket counterparty\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\na government;\n(b) a central bank or other national monetary authority;\n(c)\na supranational;\n(d) a state investment or public debt management body;\n(e)\na professional client where classified as a market counterparty under the\nprovisions of regulation 12;\n\u201cnominee company\u201d means a company controlled by \u2014\n(a)\nthe licensee;\n(b) a group company;\n(c)\na securities investment business intermediary that is an exchange or\n(d) a custodian;\n\u201cOTC\u201d means over the counter, whereby in relation to any security, the security\nis not subject to the rules of any exchange;\n\u201cOTC counterparty\u201d means a counterparty to an OTC transaction;\n\u201cprincipal Act\u201d means the Securities Investment Business Act (2020 Revision);\n\u201cprivate client\u201d means a client who is not a professional client;\n\u201cprofessional client\u201d means a client who is \u2014\n(a)\na public authority;\n(b) a securities investment business intermediary;\n(c)\na sophisticated person of category (a) or (b);\n(d) a high net worth person specified under sub-paragraph (ii), other than an\nindividual;\n(e)\nan unregulated mutual fund;\n(f)\na sophisticated person specified under paragraph (c); or\n(g) a private client where classified as a professional client under the\nprovisions of regulation 12;\n\u201crecognised overseas banking regulatory authority\u201d means the equivalent\nbanking regulator within the same country or territory as a recognised overseas\nregulatory authority;\n\u201creconciliation\u201d means the identification and explanation of individual items\nof difference between two sets of records, but does not include the processing\nof necessary adjustments;\n\u201csection\u201d means a section of the principal Act; and\n\nRegulation 3\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n\u201csecurities investment business intermediary\u201d means an exchange,\nclearinghouse, intermediate broker, settlement agent, or OTC counterparty;\n\u201csophisticated person\u201d means a person \u2014\n(a)\nregulated by the Authority;\n(b) regulated by a recognised overseas regulatory authority;\n(c)\nany of whose securities are listed on recognised securities exchange; or\n(d) who \u2014\n(i)\nby virtue of knowledge and experience in financial and business\nmatters is reasonably to be regarded as capable of evaluating the\nmerits of a proposed transaction; and\n(ii) participates in a transaction with a value or in monetary amounts of\nat least $80,000 or its equivalent in any other currency, in the case of\neach single transaction; and\n\u201cunregulated mutual fund\u201d means a mutual fund falling under the exemption\nin section 4(4) of the Mutual Funds Act (2025 Revision) and a mutual fund not\notherwise covered by that Act.\nPART 2 \u2013 GENERAL\n3.\nApplication of regulations and conflict between regulations\n3.\n(1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), these regulations apply to all licensees.\n(2) In respect of a licensee who is also licensed under another regulatory law, where\nthere is a conflict between the requirements of these regulations and the\nrequirements under that other regulatory law or any regulations made\nthereunder, or associated market practice, the Authority may waive or modify\nthe application of these regulations to the extent that, in the opinion of the\nAuthority, the proper conduct of securities investment business by the licensee\nis not adversely affected.\n(3) The Authority shall issue guidance under section 12 in respect of matters\ncovered by these Regulations.\n(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (3), the guidance will cover\nin particular matters in regulations 8, 11, 27, 34, and 40.\n4.\nInsurance\n4.\n(1) A licensee shall at all times maintain insurance to cover, at least \u2014\n(a)\nprofessional indemnity;\n(b) the professional liability of senior officers and corporate secretaries; and\n(c)\nbusiness interruption,\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 5\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 9\n\nin an amount appropriate to the size, complexity and nature of the securities\ninvestment business of the licensee.\n(2) A licensee shall file with the Authority current details of the insurance required\nunder subregulation (1) prior to the renewal of a licensee\u2019s securities investment\nbusiness licence.\n5.\nDisclosure of regulator\n5.\n(1) A licensee shall ensure that the fact that it is regulated by the Authority is\ndisclosed in all correspondence, advertisements and other documents relating to\nthe licensee\u2019s securities investment business.\n(2) A licensee shall not represent to any person that, because of its status as a\nlicensee, it is indemnified by the Authority or by the government against any\nloss or damage which may arise from the conduct of its business as a licensee.\n6.\nConduct of officers and employees\n6.\n(1) A licensee shall ensure that every senior officer and employee of the licensee\nenters into a written undertaking to observe the requirements of\nsubregulation (3).\n(2) A licensee shall designate its senior officers\u2019 and employees\u2019 own accounts, and\nany other accounts subject to the requirements in sub-regulation (3), in a manner\nthat enables such accounts to be distinguished from client accounts.\n(3) A senior officer or employee shall obtain the prior written consent of the\nlicensee in order to deal with that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account in\nsecurities of any kind in respect of which the licensee carries on securities\ninvestment business and such permission may be general or specific, and the\nsenior officer or the employee shall \u2014\n(a)\nnot deal in securities for that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account\nwith any of the licensee\u2019s clients;\n(b) report promptly to the licensee within 2 business days any transaction for\nthat senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account for which permission is\nrequired which that senior officer or employee enters into otherwise than\nthrough the licensee unless that senior officer or employee has arranged\nfor the licensee to receive promptly a copy of the contract or similar note\nissued in respect of the transaction; and\n(c)\nnot deal for that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account at a time or in\na manner, which that senior officer or employee knows or should know, is\nlikely to have a direct adverse effect on the particular interests of any client\nof the licensee.\n(4) Where a senior officer or employee is precluded from entering into a transaction\nfor that senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s own account, that senior officer or\n\nRegulation 7\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 10\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nemployee shall not procure any other person to enter into such a transaction on\nthat senior officer\u2019s or employee\u2019s behalf.\n(5) Subregulations (1) to (4) do not apply to senior officers and employees who are\nnot involved to any material extent in, or do not have access to trading or client\ninformation or such kind of information about the licensee\u2019s securities\ninvestment business.\n(6) A senior officer or employee who contravenes sub-regulation (3) or\n(4) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding\n$5,000.\n7.\nGifts or inducements\n7.\nA licensee shall establish and maintain compliance procedures designed to ensure\nthat no senior officer accepts any gift or inducement that is likely to conflict with that\nsenior officer\u2019s duties to any client of the licensee.\n8.\nRecord keeping\n8.\n(1) In addition to the requirements in the Securities Investment Business (Financial\nRequirements and Standards) Regulations, 2003, a licensee shall establish and\nmaintain procedures to ensure that sufficient information is recorded and\nretained about its securities investment business, in relation to \u2014\n(a)\nadvertisements;\n(b) clients;\n(c)\nsenior officers and employees;\n(d) the licensee itself; and\n(e)\nsecurities investment business transactions.\n(2) A licensee shall retain records for a minimum period of 5 years from the relevant\ndate.\n(3) The nature of the records to be maintained and the relevant dates to be used\nunder sub-regulation (2) shall be contained in guidance issued by the Authority.\n9.\nNotifications\n9.\nIn addition to the notification requirements under section 7(4), a licensee shall notify\nthe Authority immediately in writing of the occurrence of any of the following, in\nrelation to the licensee or its securities investment business, as the case may be \u2014\n(a)\nthe presentation of a petition for the winding up of the licensee or of a\ncompany which is a subsidiary or holding company of the licensee or the\nsummoning of any meeting to consider a resolution to wind up any\nof them;\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 9\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 11\n\n(b) the application by any person for the appointment of a receiver,\nadministrator or trustee of the licensee or a subsidiary or holding company\nof the licensee;\n(c)\nthe making, or any proposals for the making, of a composition or\narrangement with a creditor or creditors of the licensee, or a subsidiary or\nholding company of the licensee;\n(d) the appointment of inspectors by a statutory or other regulatory authority\nto investigate the affairs of the licensee, or a subsidiary or holding\ncompany of the licensee;\n(e)\nthe bringing of any action against the licensee, or a subsidiary or holding\ncompany of the licensee, under the principal Act;\n(f)\nany claims on or material changes to the licensee\u2019s insurance\narrangements;\n(g) any resignations or dismissals of senior officers or senior employees of the\nlicensee or holding company of the licensee;\n(h) where the licensee becomes aware that a senior officer or employee has\nbeen engaged in activities involving fraud or other dishonesty;\n(i)\nany material breakdown of administrative or control procedures (including\nbreakdowns of computer systems or other problems resulting or likely to\nresult in failure to maintain proper records), and the steps that the licensee\nproposes to take to correct the problem;\n(j)\nthe date on which it proposes to cease to carry on securities investment\nbusiness and the reasons for the cessation;\n(k) the inability of the licensee to perform the calculations required under\nregulation 44;\n(l)\nthe inability of the licensee to perform any of the reconciliations required\nunder any regulations or to correct any deficiencies identified by the\nreconciliations;\n(m) a breach by the licensee of regulations 4 and 6 of the Securities Investment\nBusiness (Financial Requirements and Standards Regulations), 2003\ntogether with details of the steps which the licensee is taking to remedy the\nbreach;\n(n) where a licensee has reason to believe that it will be unable to \u2014\n(i)\nsubmit a financial reporting statement as required by the Securities\nInvestment Business (Financial Requirements and Standards)\nRegulations, 2003; or\n(ii) make a payment to a securities investment business intermediary by\nthe due date as required under the rules of any of those\nintermediaries, thereby causing the default of the licensee under\nthose rules;\n\nRegulation 9A\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(o) the failure of any approved bank, securities investment business\nintermediary or other entity with which the licensee has deposited or to\nwhich it has passed client money; and for these purposes, \u201cfailure\u201d means\nthe appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator or trustee in\nbankruptcy or any equivalent procedure in the relevant jurisdiction;\n(p) where a licensee becomes aware of any actual or contingent claim in\nrelation to securities investment business by or against the licensee where\nany amount claimed or disputed is likely to exceed 10% of the licensee\u2019s\nfinancial resources;\n(q) where a licensee\u2019s financial resources fall below 110% of its financial\nresources requirement and its adjusted total assets fall by 10% from the\nfigure shown on its most recent financial reporting statement;\n(r)\nwhere a licensee\u2019s unsecured borrowings exceed 10 times its adjusted total\nassets, unless the loans are subordinated loans which qualify as eligible\ncapital substitutes; or to extent that the licensee\u2019s position in those\ninvestments is a long position; and\n(s)\nany other matter material to the Authority\u2019s supervision of the licensee, as\nmay be set out in guidance.\n9A.\nAnnual client reporting statement\n9A. (1) A licensee who is \u2014\n(a)  carrying on a regulated activity under Schedule 2 to the principal Act for\na foreign fund; or\n(b)  managing securities belonging to a foreign fund,\n\nshall submit to the Authority an annual client reporting statement in the form set\nout in the Schedule and in accordance with any guidance issued by the Authority\nunder section 12 of the principal Act.\n(2) The client reporting statement in paragraph (1) shall include such other\nsupplementary information as the Authority may require and shall be submitted\nto the Authority at the same time as the audited accounts under section 13(2) of\nthe principal Act are being submitted.\n(3)  For the purposes of \u2014\n(a)  paragraph (1)(a), \u201cforeign fund\u201d means a company, partnership, unit trust\nor any other body constituted, incorporated or established under the laws\nof a jurisdiction other than the Islands that is carrying on business in or\nfrom the Islands pursuant to section 4(4) (b) of the Mutual Funds Act (2025\nRevision) or section 5(3) of the Private Funds Act (2025 Revision); and\n(b)  paragraph (1)(b), \u201cforeign fund\u201d means a company, partnership, unit trust\nor any other body constituted, incorporated or established under the laws\nof a jurisdiction other than the Islands that is not carrying on business in\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 10\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 13\n\nor from the Islands but is being managed by a licensee that manages\nsecurities under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act.\n\nPART 3 \u2013 ADVERTISING STANDARDS\n10.\nAdvertisements\n10. (1) This Part applies to all holders of securities investment business licences issued\nunder section 6 , but does not govern advertisements that are only made to or\ndirected at persons who are market counterparties or professional clients.\n(2) An advertisement shall not contain or include \u2014\n(a)\na statement, promise or forecast which is misleading;\n(b) a statement, promise or forecast which the licensee does not, at the time\nthe advertisement is issued or made, have reasonable grounds for believing\nto be true;\n(c)\na statement of opinion held by any person which the licensee does not at\nthe time the advertisement is issued or made have reasonable grounds for\nbelieving to be the honestly held opinion of that person at that time;\n(d) a misleading statement about the scale of activities of, or any of the\nactivities of, or the resources of or available to, the licensee or the\nlicensee\u2019s group of companies;\n(e)\na statement relating to past performance unless \u2014\n(i)\nthe basis on which such performance is measured is clearly stated\nand the presentation is not misleading;\n(ii) it is accompanied by a warning that past performance is not\nnecessarily a guide to future performance; and\n(iii) the past performance is relevant to the investment or the services\noffered by the licensee;\n(f)\na statement relating to taxation benefits unless it is properly qualified to\nshow what it means in practice and to whom such benefits apply; or\n(g) a comparison with other forms of investment unless the basis of\ncomparison is clearly stated and the comparison is fair.\n(3) The content and format of any advertisement shall not:\n(a)\nbe so designed as to be likely to be misunderstood;\n(b) be so designed as to disguise the significance of any warning statement or\ninformation which is required to be included or provided under this Part;\n(c)\nbe presented in such a way that it is not clearly identifiable as an\nadvertisement; or\n\nRegulation 11\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 14\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(d)  signify in any way that the advertisement is approved by the Authority.\n(4) An advertisement shall \u2014\n(a)\nidentify the licensee who issued or made it or caused it to be issued or\nmade including a full address; and\n(b) disclose the identity of the licensee\u2019s regulator.\n(5) An advertisement shall specify all of the terms and conditions that attach to an\ninvestment unless:\n(a)\nthe terms and conditions which are specified give a fair indication of the\nnature of the investment and the risks involved; and\n(b) the advertisement contains or provides information as to how a written\nstatement of all the terms and conditions can be obtained.\n(6) An advertisement shall disclose any special areas of risk relating to the\ninvestment, including limited marketability.\n(7) In the case of an investment the value of which may fluctuate or is not\nguaranteed (or both), the advertisement shall state that fact prominently.\n(8) In the case of an investment the value of which is guaranteed, the advertisement\nshall state clearly the nature of the guarantee and to what it relates and whether\nthere are any matters that may affect the investor\u2019s ability to benefit from it.\n(9) An advertisement shall not specify a rate of return without specifying how it is\ncalculated and such return or calculation shall include any element that involves\nany potential reduction of the investor\u2019s capital.\n(10) An advertisement inviting investment in futures, options, and contracts for\ndifferences and other derivatives shall contain or provide a warning of the\nfinancial risks attached to such type of investment.\n(11) A licensee shall keep a record of all advertisements issued or made by it in\naccordance with regulation 8 and any relevant guidance issued by the Authority\nunder that regulation.\nPART 4 \u2013 STANDARDS FOR DEALINGS WITH CLIENTS\n11.\nRequired standards of a licensee\n11. (1) A licensee shall \u2014\n(a)\nact with high standards of market conduct, integrity and fair dealing in the\nconduct of securities investment business;\n(b) act with due skill, care and diligence in providing any service which that\nlicensee provides or holds themselves out as willing to provide;\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 12\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 15\n\n(c)\nensure that clients are provided with sufficient and timely disclosure\nregarding \u2014\n(i)\nthe licensee\u2019s fees, commission and recoverable disbursements;\n(ii) any risks associated with an investment strategy recommended to a\nclient by the licensee; and\n(iii) any other matter reasonably to be regarded as necessary to enable the\nclient to make informed decisions regarding securities investment\nbusiness conducted with or through a licensee; and\n(d) except where execution-only services are being provided by the licensee\ntake reasonable steps to ensure that, in relation to a private client, any\ninvestment strategy in connection with securities investment business\nrecommended to or executed on behalf of such client is suitable, having\nregard to all the relevant facts.\n(2) Where there is or may be in respect of a securities investment business\ntransaction a conflict of interest between a licensee and a client or between\nclients of a licensee, the licensee shall take reasonable steps to ensure that clients\nare given fair treatment.\n(3) The Authority will issue guidance on matters provided for by this regulation.\n12.\nClassification of clients\n12. (1) A licensee shall classify all persons with or for whom it transacts securities\ninvestment business as either private clients, professional clients or market\ncounterparties.\n(2) A licensee may classify a client who would otherwise be a private client as a\nprofessional client where \u2014\n(a)\nthe client falls within the definition of a high net worth person where an\nindividual; or\n(b) where the client falls within the definition of a sophisticated person under\nparagraph (d) (i) or (ii) and the licensee \u2014\n(i)\nhas taken reasonable care to determine that the client has sufficient\nexperience and understanding so as not to require the protections\nprovided for private clients;\n(ii)  has given a clear written warning to the client of the protections under\nthe principal Act and any regulations made under the principal Act\nwhich that client will lose; and\n(iii) has obtained the client\u2019s written consent after the client has had a\nproper opportunity to consider that warning.\n(3) A licensee may classify a client who would otherwise be a professional client,\nexcept where that client attains such classification by operation of\nsubsection (2), as a market counterparty where \u2014\n\nRegulation 13\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 16\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(a)\nthe client falls within categories (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of\nprofessional client and is not acting for an underlying client;\n(b) the client is a company or partnership falling within category (d) of the\ndefinition of professional client and has a net worth of $12,000,000 or,\nwhere a company, a net turnover of $22,000,000, or the equivalent in any\nother currency; and\n(c)\nbefore commencing securities investment business with the client on a\nmarket counterparty basis, the licensee advises the client in writing of the\nprotections under the principal Act or any regulations made under the\nprincipal Act that that client will lose as a result, and the client does not\nobject to being classified as a market counterparty.\n(4) Where a licensee has classified a client as a professional client or a market\ncounterparty under the provisions of sub regulations (2) or (3), it shall review\nsuch classifications at least annually, to ensure that the classifications remain\nappropriate.\n13.\nProvision for cessation of business\n13. Where a licensee decides to cease any securities investment business, the licensee\nshall ensure that any such business that is outstanding is properly completed or is\ntransferred to another licensee.\n14.\nLending to clients\n14. (1) A licensee shall not knowingly lend money or extend credit to a private client\nin connection with securities investment business, and shall not arrange for any\nother person to do so, unless \u2014\n(a)\nthe licensee has made and recorded an assessment of the private client\u2019s\nfinancial standing, based on information disclosed by that client, and it is\nsatisfied that the arrangements for the loan or credit and the amount\nconcerned are suitable in relation to the type of securities investment\nagreement proposed or likely to be entered into by the licensee; and\n(b) the client has given that client\u2019s prior written consent to both the maximum\namount of the loan or credit and the amount or basis of any charges to be\nlevied in connection with the loan or credit.\n(2) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply where a licensee \u2014\n(a)  settles a securities transaction in the event of default or late payment by\nthe client; or\n(b) extends credit to cover a margin call made on a private client for a period\nnot exceeding more than 5 business days.\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 15\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 17\n\n15.\nClient agreement\n15. Subject to regulation 16, a licensee which conducts securities investment business\nwith any client shall do so by means of a written agreement which shall include, at a\nminimum, the matters set out in regulation 17.\n16.\nExemption from client agreement\n16. A client agreement is not required for \u2014\n(a)\nthe issue of any tipsheet, brokers\u2019 circular or other investment publication;\n(b) deals effected or arranged on behalf of an execution-only client.\n17.\nProvisions of a client agreement\n17. A client agreement shall include \u2014\n(a)\nthe nature of services to be provided by the licensee under the agreement;\n(b) by way of annual letter forming part of the agreement, the client\u2019s\ninvestment objectives and any restrictions on investments or markets in\nwhich funds may be invested;\n(c)\nin respect of fees payable by the client to the licensee \u2014\n(i)\nthe basis and method of the calculation;\n(ii) the basis of payment whether by bill or by deduction from income or\ncapital; and\n(iii) the frequency of payment;\n(d) the fact that the licensee is regulated in the conduct of its securities\ninvestment business by the Authority;\n(e)\nthe manner in which the instructions may be given by the client for any\ntransaction;\n(f)\nwhere the licensee is acting as securities manager, the initial value and\ncomposition of the managed portfolio and the period of account for which\nstatements of the portfolio are to be provided, in accordance with\nregulation 24;\n(g) the arrangements for handling and accounting for client money, including\ndetails of the payment of interest;\n(h) where the licensee is providing custody services in respect of client assets,\nterms and conditions relating to \u2014\n(i)\nregistration, if the assets will not be registered in the client\u2019s name;\n(ii) claiming and receiving dividends, interest payments and other rights\naccruing to the client;\n(iii) exercising voting, conversion and subscription rights;\n(iv) dealing with takeovers, other offers or capital reorganisations;\n\nRegulation 18\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 18\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(v) the provision of statements under regulation 36;\n(vi) the extent of the licensee\u2019s liability in the event of a default by a\ncustodian, provided that the licensee may not disclaim responsibility\nfor losses arising directly from the fraud, wilful default or negligence\nof the licensee; in respect of any contractual right of the licensee to\nrealise a private client\u2019s assets \u2014\n(i)\nin respect of any contractual right of the licensee to realise a private client\u2019s\nassets \u2014\n(i)\nthe circumstances in which and the action it may take to do so; and\n(ii) the specific assets over which it may do so;\n(j)\nthe client\u2019s right of inspection of copy contract notes, vouchers and copies\nof entries in books or electronic recording media relating to the client\u2019s\ntransactions with a statement that such records will be maintained for a\nperiod of 5 years from the date of the transaction; and\n(k) in relation to any stock lending activity consented to by a private client,\nappropriate terms and conditions, including \u2014\n(i)\nthe securities to be lent;\n(ii) the type and value of collateral from the borrower; and\n(iii) the method and amount of payment due to the private client in respect\nof the lending; and\n(l)\narrangements for bringing the agreement to an end.\n18.\nContingent liability investment agreement\n18. Where a licensee is effecting transactions in a contingent liability investment on\nbehalf of a private client, the client agreement shall specify, in addition to the items\nin regulation 17 \u2014\n(a)\nthe circumstances in which the licensee may require additional money\nfrom the client by way of margin;\n(b) that the minimum margin to be required for an on-exchange transaction\nshall be equal to the margin requirements of the relevant securities\ninvestment business intermediary;\n(c)\nthe form in which the margin may be provided, and the timing thereof; and\n(d) the steps that the licensee may be required or entitled to take in the event\nthat the client fails to provide the required margin.\n19.\nDiscretionary portfolio management agreement\n19. (1) Where a licensee is exercising discretionary portfolio management for a client,\nin addition to the items in regulation 17, the client agreement shall specify the\nfollowing:\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 20\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 19\n\n(a)\nthe extent of discretion to be exercised by the licensee, including any\nrestrictions on the category of investment in which the funds comprised in\nthe portfolio may be invested, or on the amount, or the proportion of the\nfund which may be invested in any category or any one investment;\n(b) the frequency with which the client is to be supplied with a statement of\nthe money and the investments comprised in the portfolio and a valuation\nthereof and the basis of the valuation;\n(c)\nif the agreement is to include a measure of portfolio performance, the basis\non which that performance is to be measured; and\n(d) whether hedging or borrowing powers are to be used, and the nature of\nsuch powers and limits on their use.\n(2) A licensee, on accepting the portfolio referred to under sub-regulation (1) , shall\nas soon as is practical, send to the client a statement showing the current market\nvalue and composition of the portfolio.\n20.\nContract note\n20. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), after a transaction has been carried out for a client,\nthe licensee shall send to the client or to that client\u2019s order promptly, a contract\nnote with the essential features of the transaction, in accordance with regulation\n21.\n(2) A licensee is not required to issue a contract note to a client where the client has\nrequested in writing that contract notes should not be issued.\n21.\nInformation in a contract note\n21. A contract note shall include the following information \u2014\n(a)\nname and the address of the licensee and the capacity in which the licensee\nis acting;\n(b) the client\u2019s name or other designation and account number;\n(c)\nthe date of the transaction;\n(d) description of the security and the size of the transaction;\n(e)\nthe nature of the transaction and the unit price;\n(f)\ntotal cost or proceeds, as the case may be, of the transaction;\n(g) amount of remuneration and commission of the licensee;\n(h) amount of expenses, fees, taxes or duties;\n(i)\nsettlement date; and\n(j)\nforeign exchange rate (where applicable).\n\nRegulation 22\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 20\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n22.\nComplaints procedure\n22. The licensee shall establish effective complaints handling systems and procedures\nthat ensure that \u2014\n(a)\nadequate records of complaints, including a central register, are established\nand maintained; and\n(b) all complaints are responded to in writing within 14 days of receipt of such\ncomplaints.\n23.\nAccess to records\n23. For the period during which it is required to keep relevant records under these\nregulations, a licensee shall make available to any client on request, within a\nreasonable period of time after such request is made \u2014\n(a)\nthose parts of any written material and records which relate to that client\nand which the licensee has sent, or is required to send, to that client under\nthese regulations; and\n(b) copies of any correspondence received from that client relating to\nsecurities investment business.\n24.\nPeriodic statements\n24. A licensee that manages a portfolio for a client shall provide a written statement\nto that client \u2014\n(a)\nannually at the request of the client unless paragraph (c) applies;\n(b) once every quarter unless paragraphs (a) or (c) applies; or\n(c)\nmonthly where the client\u2019s portfolio includes an uncovered open position\nin a contingent liability investment,\nand such statement shall contain adequate information on the value and\ncomposition of the portfolio as at the end of the period covered by the statement.\nPART 5 \u2013 CLIENT ASSETS AND MONEY\n25.\nReferences to client\n25. For the purposes of this Part, unless otherwise expressly provided, references to\n\u201cclient\u201d shall be deemed to include a market counterparty.\n26.\nMandates\n26. A licensee shall establish and maintain adequate records and internal controls in\nrespect of any mandate from a client under which the licensee may control a client\u2019s\nassets or liabilities in connection with securities investment business.\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 27\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 21\n\n27.\nSafeguarding of client assets\n27. A licensee shall ensure that it secures adequate protection for assets belonging to a\nclient when it is accountable for them, in accordance with this Part and any guidance\nissued by the Authority.\n28.\nMaintenance of adequate records\n28. Where a licensee holds assets as collateral and has exercised any associated rights to\ntreat the assets as its own, the licensee shall ensure that it maintains adequate records\nto enable it to meet any future obligations including the return of equivalent assets to\nthe client.\n29.\nSegregation of client assets\n29. (1) In addition to complying with section 10, a licensee shall ensure that where\nassets belonging to a client are held with a custodian, the custodian\u2019s records\nshow clearly that the assets belong to one or more clients of the licensee.\n(2) For the purposes of section 10, assets under the control of a licensee that belong\ndirectly to a company within the same group of companies as the licensee are to\nbe segregated from client assets, unless the company has agreed to be treated as\na client who is dealt with at arm\u2019s length.\n30.\nRegistration and recording\n30. A licensee shall effect appropriate registration or recording of legal title to client\nassets in the name of \u2014\n(a)\nthe client;\n(b) a nominee company;\n(c)\na custodian, where the licensee has notified the client in writing, or the\nlicensee, where the licensee has obtained the prior written consent of a\nprivate client, or in the case of a professional client or a market\ncounterparty, has notified the client,\nin the case where the asset is subject to the law or market practice of a\njurisdiction outside the Islands and the licensee has taken reasonable steps to\ndetermine that it is in the best interests of the client to register or record it in that\nway or that it is not feasible to do otherwise, having regard to the applicable law\nor market practice; or\n(d) any other person, at the written direction of the client, provided that in the\ncase of a private client, that other person is not a company within the same\ngroup of companies as the licensee.\n31.\nPhysical custody of documents of title\n31. (1) Physical possession of any documents of title shall be held \u2014\n(a)\nby the licensee;\n\nRegulation 32\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 22\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(b) by a custodian; or\n(c)\nin the case of a market counterparty or professional client, in accordance\nwith their written instructions.\n(2) A licensee shall ensure that the arrangements for the physical custody of any\ndocuments of title to client assets are appropriate to the value and risk of loss of\nthe assets concerned, and that there are adequate controls to safeguard the assets\nfrom damage, misappropriation or other loss.\n32.\nStock lending\n32. A licensee shall not engage in stock lending activity with or for a private client or\nprofessional client unless the activity is covered in the client agreement under\nregulation 17.\n33.\nReconciliation\n33. A licensee shall, not less than once every 5 weeks, or with the permission of the\nAuthority, not less than once every 6 months, perform a reconciliation of its records\nof client assets for which it is accountable but which are not in the licensee\u2019s physical\ncustody, with statements obtained from custodians or other persons responsible for\nmaintaining records of legal entitlement.\n34.\nFurther reconciliation\n34. (1) A licensee shall, not less than once every 6 months, carry out \u2014\n(a)\na count of all client assets it (or a nominee company or group company)\nphysically holds and a reconciliation with its records of such holdings; and\n(b) a reconciliation between the licensee\u2019s (or a nominee company\u2019s or group\ncompany\u2019s) records of holdings of client assets and the records of the\nlocation of such holdings.\n(2) The reconciliation shall be performed by \u2014\n(a)\nthe total count method; or\n(b) an alternative method approved by the Authority, provided that\nconfirmation is provided by the licensee\u2019s auditor that the licensee has\nsystems and controls in place to enable it to adequately perform such\nalternative method.\n35.\nCorrection of discrepancies\n35. A licensee shall promptly correct any discrepancies revealed by the reconciliations\nand make good, or provide the equivalent of, any unreconciled shortfall for which\nthere are reasonable grounds for concluding that the licensee is responsible.\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 36\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 23\n\n36.\nClient Statements\n36. (1) A licensee shall as often as necessary or on at least one date during its financial\nyear and not less than 6 months after the previous statement date, provide all\nactive clients within 5 weeks of the date as at which the statement is made with\na statement listing all client assets for which the licensee is accountable.\n(2) Statements under sub-regulation (1) shall \u2014\n(a)\nidentify assets registered in the client\u2019s own name separately from those\nregistered otherwise;\n(b) identify separately any client assets that are being used as collateral;\n(c)\nshow the market value as at the statement date of any collateral held; and\n(d) in respect of a private client, base the statement on either the trade date or\nthe settlement date and notify the client which basis has been used.\n(3) A statement shall include client money but a licensee, as an alternative, may\ninstead include this in a separate statement provided to the client no later than 1\nmonth after the date of the statement.\n37.\nClient money\n37. A licensee shall secure the proper accounting for and handling of client money.\n38.\nMoney not considered \u201cclient money\u201d\n38. For the purposes of these regulations client money does not include \u2014\n(a)\nmoney of a professional client or market counterparty who has opted out\nof segregation by written notification to the licensee;\n(b) money due and payable to the licensee;\n(c)\nmoney of group companies, unless the licensee has been notified that the\nmoney belongs to the client of a group company or the group company is\na client dealt with at arm\u2019s length; or\n(d) money received from a client and which is due to settle a transaction within\n24 hours, and where the licensee settles the transaction by the close of\nbusiness on the third day following the date the money is received.\n39.\nSegregation of client money\n39. In order to comply with section 10, when a licensee receives client money it\nshall either \u2014\n(a)\npay it as soon as possible and in any event no later than the next business\nday after receipt, into a client bank account; or\n(b) pay it out in accordance with regulation 46.\n\nRegulation 40\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 24\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n40.\nClient bank accounts\n40. (1) Subject to regulation 42, a licensee shall ensure that client money is held at all\ntimes in a client bank account with one or more approved banks.\n(2) A licensee shall, no less than once in each financial year, take reasonable steps\nto confirm that the bank or banks used for client bank accounts remain\nappropriate for that purpose in accordance with the relevant guidance issued by\nthe Authority.\n41.\nHolding client money with group company\n41. (1) A licensee that holds or intends to hold client money with an approved bank that\nis a group company shall disclose this fact to the client in writing, together with\nthe name of the bank, and comply with regulation 40(2).\n(2) Where a client gives written notification to a licensee that that client does not\nwant that client\u2019s money to be held with an approved bank that is a group\ncompany the licensee shall either \u2014\n(a)\ndeposit that client\u2019s money with another approved bank; or\n(b) return that client money to, or to the order of, the client.\n42.\nTransfer of client money to a third party\n42. A licensee may allow a securities investment business intermediary to hold or control\nclient money for the purpose of \u2014\n(a)\na transaction for a client with or through that intermediary; or\n(b) meeting a client\u2019s obligation to provide collateral for a transaction,\nprovided that, in the case of a private client, that client is notified that that\nclient\u2019s money may be so held or controlled.\n43.\nBank not to combine client\u2019s money and licensee\u2019s money\n43. A licensee shall ensure that the approved bank at which client money is held confirms\nto the licensee by means of provisions in the approved bank\u2019s custody agreement with\nthe licensee, mandate provisions or otherwise in writing that it understands that all\nmoney in any client bank account of a licensee is held by the licensee as trustee and\nthat the bank is not entitled to combine any money in such account with any other\naccount of the licensee or to exercise any right of lien, set-off or counterclaim against\nmoney in a client bank account in respect of any debt owed by the licensee.\n44.\nClient money requirement\n44. Each business day, a licensee shall ensure that the aggregate balance on its client bank\naccounts is, by the close of business that day, at least equal to the client money\nrequirement as defined in guidance issued by the Authority, as at the close of business\nof the previous business day, and ensure that \u2014\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\nRegulation 45\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 25\n\n(a)\nany shortfall is paid into a client bank account by the close of business on\nthe day the calculation is performed; or\n(b) any excess is withdrawn within the same time period.\n45.\nReconciliation of client money balances\n45. (1) A licensee shall, as often as is necessary to ensure the accuracy of its records,\nand at least once in every 5 weeks, perform reconciliations on \u2014\n(a)\nthe balance on each client bank account as recorded by the licensee with\nthe balance on that account as recorded by the approved bank with which\nthose accounts are held;\n(b) the balance, currency by currency, on each client transaction account with\nsecurities investment business intermediaries as recorded by the licensee,\nwith the balance as recorded by the intermediaries; and\n(c)\nits records of collateral received from clients within 10 business days of\nthe date to which the reconciliation relates.\n(2) Where any discrepancy arises in any of the reconciliations in subregulation (1),\nthe licensee shall correct it as soon as possible, unless the discrepancy arises\nsolely as a result of timing differences between the accounting systems of the\napproved bank or securities investment business intermediary and those of the\nlicensee.\n(3) Where one set of records involved in the reconciliation indicates a shortfall in\nclient money balances, for the period that such discrepancy remains unresolved,\nthe licensee shall cover the shortfall by paying its own money into the relevant\nclient account.\n46.\nWhen money is no longer client money\n46. Money ceases to be client money if it is paid \u2014\n(a)\nto the client, or the client\u2019s duly authorised representative;\n(b) to a third party on the instructions of the client, unless transferred in the\ncourse of a transaction under regulation 42;\n(c)\ninto a bank account in the name of the client (not being an account which\nis also in the name of the licensee); or\n(d) to the licensee itself, where it is due and payable to the licensee.\n\nSCHEDULE\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business) Regulations\n\nPage 26\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n SCHEDULE\n(regulation 9A)\nAnnual Client Reporting Statement\n\nThe requirement for information under paragraphs (iv) and (v) only applies to\nlicensees under regulation 9A(1)(a).\nA licensee who is \u2014\n(a)  carrying on a regulated activity under Schedule 2 to the principal Act for\na foreign fund; or\n(b)  managing securities belonging to a foreign fund,\n\nshall provide the following information\u2014\n(i)  the name of the fund;\n(ii) the jurisdiction in which the fund is registered;\n(iii)  the jurisdiction in which the fund is incorporated;\n(iv)  the name of the stock exchange if the fund is listed on a recognised stock\nexchange; and\n(v)  the name of the overseas regulatory authority if the fund is regulated by a\nrecognised overseas regulatory authority.\n\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th\nday of January, 2026.\nKim Bullings\nClerk of Cabinet\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\n\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 27\n\nENDNOTES\nTable of Legislation history:\nSL #\nAct\/Law #\nLegislation\nCommencement\nGazette\n\n56\/2020\nCitation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020\n3-Dec-2020\nLG89\/2020\/s1\n6\/2020\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\n(Amendment) Regulations, 2020\n7-Feb-2020\nLG9\/2020\/s7\n4\/2003\n\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations, 2003\n29-Jul-2003\nG15\/2003.s16\n\nENDNOTES\nSecurities Investment Business (Conduct of Business)\nRegulations(2026 Revision)\n\nPage 28\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n(Price: $5.60)","akn_extracted_at":"2026-06-22 15:40:47.969263+00","cms_id":"2003-0014","law_type":"subordinate","year":"2003","number":"14","title":"Terrorism Act","status":"in_force"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"20233","expr_id":"8800","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"2003-0014_2026 Revision.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/SUBORDINATE\/2003\/2003-0014\/2003-0014_2026 Revision.akn.xml","content_md5":"bfe7cf3137751171fd7263ae1e269ff5","byte_size":"57258","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-22 15:40:48.069624+00"},{"file_id":"19935","expr_id":"8800","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"2003-0014_2026 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/SUBORDINATE\/2003\/2003-0014\/2003-0014_2026 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/SUBORDINATE\/2003\/2003-0014\/2003-0014_2026 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"052b041250d647639314ebed5bb63515","byte_size":"594353","http_last_modified":"2026-02-13 16:28:47+00","fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:12:58.383674+00"},{"file_id":"19936","expr_id":"8800","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"2003-0014_2026 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/SUBORDINATE\/2003\/2003-0014\/2003-0014_2026 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/SUBORDINATE\/2003\/2003-0014\/2003-0014_2026 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"052b041250d647639314ebed5bb63515","byte_size":"594353","http_last_modified":"2026-02-13 16:28:47+00","fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:12:58.383674+00"}],"paragraph_count":38,"latest_history":null},"quality":{"expr_id":"8800","doc_id":"1777","quality_state":"known_issue","quality_score":"59","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise,title_mismatch}","llm_categories":"{truncated_text,other}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,manual_review,reextract_full_text,strip_page_furniture,verify_title_metadata}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"low\": 1, \"medium\": 1}","finding_summary":"Metadata title ('Terrorism Act') mismatches extracted legislation; sample ends mid\u2011regulation after omission marker and contains non\u2011legal artifacts.","assessed_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:46.165907+00","updated_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:46.165907+00"}}