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NOTICE TO UK CLIENTS

RELIANCE ON THE UK FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER EXEMPTIONS FOR CRYPTO ASSETS

Updated over a week ago

This notice is to advise UK clients of Bequant’s service offering.

Bequant Pro Limited is a Virtual Asset Service Provider authorised and regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority with Class 3 Licence and registration number BPL6.

Bequant Prime Limited is an unregulated, private limited company incorporated in Seychelles.

Bequant Global Limited is an unregulated, private limited company incorporated in Seychelles.

(collectively known as “Bequant”)

This document/article is to advise UK clients of Bequant’s service offering.

The UK Financial Promotion Order (FPO) allows Bequant to communicate financial promotions to UK clients in relation to crypto services provided that it can rely on the applicable exemptions as set out in the FPO.

In compliance with the FPO, we wish to notify you that:

  1. Bequant is not registered with the FCA for AML/CTF purposes.

  2. Bequant’s jurisdiction of residence is in Malta and Seychelles respectively.

  3. Bequant relies on the applicable FPO exemptions in order to offer certain crypto services to UK professional clients.

  4. Bequant's services are not offered or marketed to retail clients located or living in the UK.

  5. Bequant offers its services only to the following professional clients located or carrying on their business in the UK:

  • persons authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority or similar regulator, governments and local authorities and other similar investment professionals within the meaning of art 19 of the FPO;

  • persons who are sophisticated investors and are certified by an FCA authorised firm in accordance with art 50 of the FPO;

  • persons who are, within the meaning of art 49(2) of the FPO:

    • a. any body corporate which has, or which is a member of the same group as an undertaking which has, a called-up share capital or net assets of not less than

      • if the body corporate has more than 20 members or is a subsidiary undertaking of an undertaking which has more than 20 members, £500,000; or

      • otherwise, £5 million;

    • b. any unincorporated association or partnership which has net assets of not less than £5 million; or

    • c. the trustee of a high value trust.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions in relation to this notice.

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