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ICAAP

Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, as defined in Pillar II of the Basel framework for banking supervision

IFAC

The International Federation of Accountants.

IFR

The Islamic Finance Rules.

Individual Capital Requirement

Has the meaning given in BBR 11.3.

Inside Information

Information of a precise nature which:

  • (a) has not been made public; and
  • (b) relates directly or indirectly, to one or more Issuers or Listed Funds or to one or more Securities or Units in a Listed Fund; and
  • (c) would, if it were made public, be likely to have a significant effect on the prices of those Securities or Units in a Listed Fund or on the price of related derivative Securities or Units in a Listed Fund.

Insider Dealing

  • (a) The use, by a Person who possesses Inside information, of that information by acquiring or disposing of, for its own account or for the account of a third party, directly or indirectly, Securities or Units in a Listed Fund to which that information relates; or
  • (b) the use of Inside Information by cancelling or amending an order concerning a Security or Units in a Listed Fund to which the information relates where the order was placed before the Person concerned possessed the Inside Information; or
  • (c) the use of recommendations or inducements to engage in Insider Dealing, where the Person using the recommendation or inducement knows or ought to know that it is based on Inside Information.

Insurance Business

The business of conducting either or both of the following regulated activities: (a) effecting Contracts of Insurance; (b) carrying out Contracts of Insurance.

Insurance Intermediary

An Authorised Firm whose Licence authorises it to carry on the Regulated Activity of Insurance Intermediation

Insurance Intermediary Audit Report

The report specified in COB 11.8.15.

Insurance Intermediation

The Regulated Activity as defined in paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 of GEN.

Insurance Liabilities

Liabilities of an Insurer arising out of its General Insurance Business and LongTerm Insurance Business.

Insurance Risk Requirement

The capital component identified in 2.3 (Insurance Risk Requirement) of PINS Schedule 5 (Calculation of Prescribed Capital Requirement (PCR)).

Insurer

An Authorised Firm with an authorisation to conduct Insurance Business.

Interest Rate Risk Capital Requirement

A component of Market Risk Capital Requirement and calculated in accordance with BBR 6.5 and chapter 6 of BPG.

Internal Auditor

The Approved Individual performing the role identified at PINS 2.2.4 (Internal Auditor).

The Approved Individual performing the role identified at TRR 2.4.4 (Internal Auditor).

International Standards on Auditing

The international standards on auditing issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) of IFAC.

International Standards on Quality Control

The international standards on quality control issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) of IFAC.

Investment

A Security, Unit, Derivative or a Private E-currency and a right or interest in the relevant Security, Unit, Derivative or a Private E-currency.

Investment Crowdfunding Platform

An electronic platform or a facility referred to in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 4 of the AIFC General Rules.

Research or other information recommending or suggesting an investment strategy, explicitly or implicitly, concerning one or several Investments or the issuers of Investments, including any opinion as to the present or future value or price of such Investments, intended for distribution channels or for the public, and in relation to which the following conditions are met:

  • (a) it is labelled or described as investment research or in similar terms, or is otherwise presented as an objective or independent explanation of the matters contained in the recommendation; and
  • (b) if the recommendation in question were to be made by an Authorised Firm to a Client, it would not constitute Advising on Investments.

Investment Service

The service of:

Investor

A Person who invests or seeks to invest in Investments issued by an Issuer.

IRRBB

Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book as defined in chapter 8 of BBR.

Islamic Finance Business

Any part of the financial business of an Authorised Person which is carried out in accordance with Shari’a.

Issuer

In relation to any Security, the Person by whom it is or is to be issued.