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{{a|cass| | {{a|cass|[[File:Mithril.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Some client money yesterday. Oh hang on, no, that’s some [[mithril]]. Or, wait —is that just a normal Elven cloak? So confused.]] | ||
[[File:Mithril.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Some client money yesterday. Oh hang on, no, that’s some [[mithril]]. Or, wait —is that just a normal Elven cloak? So confused.]] | }}The [[FCA]]’s [[client money rules]] are designed to minimise credit exposure to firms which hold client funds, but who are not themselves regulated banks. Such firms must deposit client funds with an {{cassprov|approved bank}} which record the deposits in the firm’s name but belonging to the firm’s clients, so it is clear that the firm has no proprietary claim on the account. Therefore, the [[client money]] account is isolated the firm’s creditors on the firm’s insolvency (such a failure a “[[primary pooling event]]”). It is not isolated, however, from the [[client money bank]]’s creditors. | ||
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The [[FCA]]’s [[client money rules]] are designed to minimise credit exposure to firms which hold client funds, but who are not themselves regulated banks. Such firms must deposit client funds with an {{cassprov|approved bank}} which record the deposits in the firm’s name but belonging to the firm’s clients, so it is clear that the firm has no proprietary claim on the account. Therefore, the [[client money]] account is isolated the firm’s creditors on the firm’s insolvency (such a failure a “[[primary pooling event]]”). It is not isolated, however, from the [[client money bank]]’s creditors. | |||
===How is [[client money]] different to ordinary [[cash]]?=== | ===How is [[client money]] different to ordinary [[cash]]?=== | ||