Overseas Branches and Subsidiaries
BC-B.1.4
Investment firm licensees must ensure that their branches and subsidiaries operating in foreign jurisdictions comply, at a minimum, with local conduct of business standards and regulatory requirements (where applicable).BC-B.1.5
Where conduct of business standards applied by overseas branches and subsidiaries of an
investment firm licensee fall below the standards set out in this Module, theinvestment firm licensee must notify the CBB of the fact.Amended: January 2007BC-B.1.6
CBB encourages its
investment firm licensees to apply — with respect to its overseas branches and subsidiaries — conduct of business standards at least equivalent to those set out in this Module. Where this is not the case, then CBB will consider any potential risk to theinvestment firm licensee that may arise through adverse reputational or other consequences.Amended: January 2007