if you want to set up a stock brokerage firm in UK first you need some brokerage experience, to get used to the market and to actually know how to trade and manage yours or your client's portfolio and a license issued by FSA, certifing that you are a licensed stock broker or an FA (same thing). well if you have all of these then you have everything to open up a brokerage firm
Now to set up an actual brokerage firm that operates on LSE, (not the London's school of economics) London stock exchage, you'll need to get your firm authorised by the FSA. I don't know anything about how long it takes or how they manage the application forms, but if you do get authorised you'll have your brokerage up and running and you'll be managing your client's portfolio in no time. however, it's not gonna be as it sounds as you are gonna have a hard time finding a client, the average potential client acceptance rate is 1 client per every 10~50 calls and meetings. plus these meetings are usually scheduled after trading hours.
Authorisation explainedThe Financial Services & Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)FSMA is concerned with the regulation of financial services and markets in the UK . Under Section 19 of FSMA, any person who carries on a regulated activity in the UK must be authorised by the FSA or exempt (an appointed representative or some other exemption). Breach of section 19 may be a criminal offence and punishable on indictment by a maximum term of two years imprisonment and/or a fine.A copy of FSMA, as well as secondary and related legislation, can be found on the Treasury's website. Bear in mind that this version of FSMA does not include amendments made to it by subsequent legislation.
Does my firm need to be authorised?You need to establish whether your firm's proposed business requires you to apply for authorisation to carry on regulated activities. For most smaller firms, this would typically include intermediaries selling investments and/or home finance activities and/or general insurance.For each regulated activity you must also identify with which investment type your activities will be concerned.
The activities and specified investments are detailed in The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (RAO), which is secondary legislation under FSMA.
What are the regulated activities?Regulated activities are defined in Part II of the RAO and comprise:Specified investments are defined in Part III of the RAO and comprise:
For smaller firms, we have developed several standard permission profiles containing regulated activities and investment types. You can find these in the application packs. If none of these profiles match the business that you want to do, you will need to construct your own.
The activities and specified investment types we regulate are described in greater detail in chapter 2 of the Perimeter Guidance Manual (PERG).
ExclusionsExclusions are provisions that turn activities that would otherwise be regulated activities into unregulated activities. So if you can rely on an exclusion for an activity, you would not require FSA authorisation to carry it out. Who is exempt from authorisation?A person who is an appointed representative is exempt from authorisation. Other exemptions include:FSA guidance on the business element can be found in PERG 2.3.
Financial promotionsA financial promotion is an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity. Investment activity is defined under section 21(8) FSMA as:(a) entering or offering to enter into an agreement the making or performance of which by either party constitutes a controlled activity; or
(b) exercising any rights conferred by a controlled investment to acquire, dispose of, underwrite or convert a controlled investment.
Under section 21 of FSMA, an unauthorised person may not communicate a financial promotion in the UK , in the course of business, unless either:
(1) its contents are approved for the purposes of section 21 by an authorised person or (2) it is subject to an exemption under the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (FPO).
Controlled activities and controlled investments are prescribed under Schedule 1 of the FPO and include such things as buying shares or bonds, selling insurance and managing investments.
You can find further guidance on financial promotions in chapter 8 of PERG.
Contact detailsFor detailed guidance on whether a firm needs to be authorised, please refer to PERG. If you remain unsure whether an activity that you intend to carry out would require FSA authorisation, please contact the Perimeter Guidance team.From UK 020 7066 0082 (opening times 09:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday) From overseas +44 20 7066 0082 email address perimeterguidance@fsa.gov.UK
for more info on applying a just goto these links below mate
http://www.fsa.gov.UK/pubs/other/applying_authorisation.pdfhttp://www.fsa.gov.UK/pubs/other/factsheet_approved.pdfhttp://www.fsa.gov.UK/pubs/other/factsheet_status.pdfor just go2http://www.fsa.gov.UK/pages/Doing/How/help/factsheets/index.shtmlfor more fact sheets mate I'm not gonna bother to write anymore lol
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