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SRA Handbook
Safekeeping of clients' investments
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Rule 7: Safekeeping of clients' investments
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Where a firm undertakes the regulated activity of safeguarding and administering investments, the firm must operate appropriate systems, including the keeping of appropriate records, which provide for the safekeeping of assets entrusted to the firm by clients and others.
- 7.2
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Where such assets are passed to a third party:
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an acknowledgement of receipt of the property should be obtained; and
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if they have been passed to a third party on the client's instructions, such instructions should be obtained in writing.