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  • HC-2.3 HC-2.3 Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest

    • HC-2.3.1

      Each approved person must make every practicable effort to arrange his personal and business affairs to avoid a conflict of interest with the conventional bank licensee.

      October 2010

    • HC-2.3.2

      The Board must establish and disseminate to its members and management, policies and procedures for the identification, reporting, disclosure, prevention, or strict limitation of potential conflicts of interest. It is senior management's responsibility to implement these policies. Rules concerning connected party transactions and potential conflicts of interest may be dealt with in the Code of Conduct (see HC-2.2.4). In particular, the CBB requires that any decisions to enter into transactions, under which approved persons would have conflicts of interest that are material, should be formally and unanimously approved by the full Board. Best practice would dictate that an approved person must:

      a) Not enter into competition with the bank;
      b) Not demand or accept substantial gifts from the bank for himself or connected persons;
      c) Not misuse the bank's assets;
      d) Not use the conventional bank licensee's privileged information or take advantage of business opportunities to which the conventional bank licensee is entitled, for himself or his associates; and
      e) Absent themselves from any discussions or decision-making that involves a subject where they are incapable of providing objective advice, or which involves a subject or (proposed) transaction where a conflict of interest exists.
      Amended: January 2011
      October 2010

    • HC-2.3.3

      Bahraini conventional bank licensees must have in place a board approved policy on the employment of relatives of approved persons and a summary of such policy must be disclosed in the annual report of the Bahraini conventional bank licensee.

      Amended: July 2016
      Added: April 2016

    • HC-2.3.4

      Overseas conventional bank licensees must have in place a policy on the employment of relatives of approved persons pertaining to their Bahrain operations.

      Added: July 2016