• [ O ]

    • Operator(s)

      In the context of a collective investment undertaking ('CIU'), operator means a person undertaking the functions of establishing, operating or winding-up a CIU.

      Adopted: July 2007

    • Options

      An option is a contract giving the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell any of the following at a specific price on or before a certain date:

      (a) Currency of the Kingdom of Bahrain or any other country or territory;
      (b) Palladium, platinum, gold or silver; or other commodity;
      (c) Option to acquire or dispose of a financial instrument of the kind specified by this definition by virtue of the above.
      Amended: January 2011

    • Ordering Financial Institution

      Refers to the financial institution which initiates the wire/crypto-asset transfer and transfers the funds/crypto-assets upon receiving the request for a wire/crypto-asset transfer on behalf of the originator.

    • Original term

      (in respect of redeemable instruments including dated subordinated debt and redeemable preference shares) - the period of time between the date of issue and the earliest date that those instruments will mature or can be redeemed.

      Added: January 2011

    • Originator

      Refers to the account holder who allows the wire/crypto-asset transfer from that account, or where there is no account, the natural or legal person that places the order with the ordering financial institution to perform the wire/crypto-asset transfer.

    • Overseas Category 1 investment firm

      A Category 1 investment firm, which is incorporated in an overseas jurisdiction and operates in the Kingdom of Bahrain through a branch licensed by the CBB.

    • Overseas investment firm licensee

      An investment firm licensee incorporated in an overseas jurisdiction (and therefore is not a Bahraini investment firm licensee). The same naming convention applies to the various sub-categories of investment firm: e.g. a Bahraini Category 1 investment firm is a Category 1 investment firm that is incorporated in the Kingdom of Bahrain. See Paragraph AU-A.1.5; and Bahraini investment firm licensee, above.