Scottish Friendly Asset Managers Limited

Galbraith House
16 Blythswood Square
Glasgow
G2 4HJ
United Kingdom
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Current FCA status for firm: Authorised
Investments, including pension plans: Some permissions
This firm has our permission to carry out some activities in your chosen category. See below to find out what this firm can do.

What this firm can do

  • Manage an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) fund.

  • Manage investments for you.

    • Limited to ISA management activities and in carrying on these operations to the specified investments "life policies", "unit", "rights to or interests in investments - security (when the latter is associated with these specified investments)", "rights to or interests in investments - contractually based investment (when the latter is associated with these specified investments)", and to the custome r types "retail client" and "professional client".
    • Limited to Investment Company with Variable Capital activities and, in carrying on such activities to the specified investments listed other than "stakeholder pension scheme", and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment), for the customer type "retail client".
    • Limited to Investment Company with Variable Capital activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments listed other than "option (excluding a commodity option and an option on commodity futures)", "commodity option and option on commodity futures", "future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract)", "commodity future", "life policy", "funeral plan contract" and "rights to or interests in investments - contractually based investment", (when the latter is associated with these specified investments) for the customer type "retail client".
    • The specified investments "option (excluding a commodity option and an option on commodity futures)", "future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract)" and "rights to or interests in investment - contractually based investments", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment), are limited to Efficient Portfolio Management activities and the customer type "retail client".
  • Buy, sell, underwrite or subscribe for certain investments on your behalf.
    • Limited to Investment Company with Variable Capital activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments listed other than "option (excluding a commodity option and an option on commodity futures)", "commodity option and option on commodity futures", "future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract)", "commodity future", "life policy", "funeral plan contract" and "rights to or interests in investments - contractually based investment", (when the latter is associated with these specified investments) for the customer type "retail client".
    • Limited to Investment Company with Variable Capital activities and, in carrying on such activities to the specified investments listed other than "stakeholder pension scheme", and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment), for the customer type "retail client".
    • The specified investments "option (excluding a commodity option and an option on commodity futures)", "future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract)" and "rights to or interests in investment - contractually based investments", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment), are limited to Efficient Portfolio Management activities and the customer type "retail client".
    • Limited to ISA management activities and in carrying on these operations to the specified investments "life policies", "unit", "rights to or interests in investments - security (when the latter is associated with these specified investments)", "rights to or interests in investments - contractually based investment (when the latter is associated with these specified investments)", and to the custome r types "retail client" and "professional client".
  • Arrange investments, for example, by passing your orders to a third party to carry out.
    • Limited to Investment Company with Variable Capital activities and, in carrying on such activities to the specified investments listed other than "stakeholder pension scheme", and "rights to or interests in investments - security", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment), for the customer type "retail client".
    • Limited to ISA management activities and in carrying on these operations to the specified investments "life policies", "unit", "rights to or interests in investments - security (when the latter is associated with these specified investments)", "rights to or interests in investments - contractually based investment (when the latter is associated with these specified investments)", and to the custome r types "retail client" and "professional client".
    • Limited to Investment Company with Variable Capital activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments listed other than "option (excluding a commodity option and an option on commodity futures)", "commodity option and option on commodity futures", "future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract)", "commodity future", "life policy", "funeral plan contract" and "rights to or interests in investments - contractually based investment", (when the latter is associated with these specified investments) for the customer type "retail client".
    • Limited to Investment Company with Variable Capital share exchange activities and in carrying on such activities to the specified investments listed other than contractually based investments.
    • The specified investments "option (excluding a commodity option and an option on commodity futures)", "future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract)" and "rights to or interests in investment - contractually based investments", (when the latter is associated with this specified investment), are limited to Efficient Portfolio Management activities and the customer type "retail client".
  • Arrange for a third party to hold and ringfence your assets.

What this firm can't do

  • Manage an authorised Alternative Investment Fund (AIF).

  • Manage an unauthorised Alternative Investment Fund (AIF).

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