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F1Regulations revoked (14.12.2023 for the revocation of reg. 79) by Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (c. 29), s. 86(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(4)); S.I. 2023/1382, reg. 2(c)(vi)
65. The FCA is responsible for all functions of the competent authority provided for in any F2... EU regulation made under the directive [F3which forms part of retained EU law], in the EuSEF Regulation and in the EuVECA Regulation in the United Kingdom.
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F2Words in reg. 65 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in reg. 65 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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F4Reg. 66 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
67.—(1) The FCA must use the information it gathers under [F6rules 3.4.2 to 3.4.6C of the Investment Funds sourcebook and Articles 110 and 111 of the Commission Delegated Regulation] in respect of AIFMs it supervises for the purposes of identifying the extent to which the use of leverage contributes to—
(a)the build up of systemic risk in the financial system;
(b)the risks of disorderly markets; or
(c)the risks to the long-term growth of the economy.
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F7(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F5Words in reg. 67 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(4)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in reg. 67(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(4)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Reg. 67(2)-(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(4)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
68.—(1) The FCA must—
(a)assess the risks that the use of leverage by full-scope UK AIFMs with respect to the AIFs managed by them could entail;
(b)use the measures in paragraph (2), if they are necessary in order to ensure the stability and integrity of the financial system, to limit the extent to which the use of leverage by a full-scope UK AIFM with respect to the AIFs managed by it contributes to—
(i)the build up of systemic risk in the financial system; or
(ii)the risks of disorderly markets.
(2) The measures are—
(a)imposing limits on the level of leverage that such an AIFM may employ; or
(b)imposing other restrictions on the management of such an AIF.
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(7) The FCA may use its powers under section 55J and 55L of the Act (variation or cancellation on initiative of regulator and imposition of requirements by the FCA) to impose limits on leverage or other restrictions on the management of an AIF, but this paragraph does not limit the powers of the FCA.
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F8Reg. 68(3)-(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(5) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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F9Reg. 69 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/328), regs. 1(3), 11(6) (as amended by S.I. 2019/325, reg. 58); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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