Introduction
3A. If the person concerned ("B") carries on, or is seeking to carry on, regulated activities which consist of or include a PRA-regulated activity, the threshold conditions which are relevant to the discharge by the FCA of its functions in relation to B are the conditions set out in paragraphs 3B to 3E.
Effective supervision
(1) B must be capable of being effectively supervised by the FCA having regard to all the circumstances including -
(a) the nature (including the complexity) of the regulated activities that B carries on or seeks to carry on;
(b) the complexity of any products that B provides or will provide in carrying on those activities;
(c) the way in which B's business is organised;
(d) if B is a member of a group, whether membership of the group is likely to prevent the FCA's effective supervision of B;
(e) whether B is subject to consolidated supervision required under any relevant implementing provisions;
(f) if B has close links with another person ("CL"
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