BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited (ADGM Branch )(“ADGM Branch”) with its office at Floor 25, Al Sila Tower, ADGM Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE, is authorized and regulated by the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (“FRSA”) to engage in the regulated activities of ‘Arranging Deals in Investments’; ‘Advising on Investments or Credit’; ‘Managing Assets’; and ‘Managing in a Collective Investment Fund’ (FRSA Reference 240099) with Professional Clients and Market Counterparties only.
This section includes investor type descriptions for professional clients and market counterparties.
Professional client
A Professional Client is either: (i) a ‘deemed’ professional client; (ii) serviced-based professional client; or (iii) an assessed professional Client
(i) Deemed Professional Client
A person is a “deemed” professional client if the person is:
(ii) Service-based Professional Clients
A person is a ‘serviced-based’ professional client if
(iii) Assessed-based Professional Clients
Assessed-based professional clients can be either (i) individuals; or (ii) undertakings
Individuals
An individual (and associated joint account holders) would be classified as an ‘assessed-based professional client’ if:
Where there is a joint account in place, the secondary account holder must obtain confirmation in writing that investment decisions relating to the joint account are made for or on behalf of the secondary account holder
Undertakings
Undertakings, which are generally not individuals, would be classified as ‘assessed-based’ professional clients if it:
Market counterparties
A Market Counterparty is any person who is either:
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