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[null,"INVESTMENT SERVICES RULES"]
[null,"FOR PROFESSIONAL INVESTOR FUNDS"]
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[null,"Schedule B"]
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[null,"Application for Preliminary Indication of"]
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[null,"Acceptability of a Professional Investor Fund"]
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[null,"Name of Applicant:"]
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[null,null,null,"This application is:"]
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[null,null,null,"Date submitted:"]
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[null,"Issued: 17 July, 2007",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Version 2/2007"]
[null,"Amended on: 1 November, 2007 , January, 2009, 1 December 2009 and 15 December 2010"]

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["Introduction"]
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["Information concerning the Application for Preliminary Indication of Acceptability of a Professional Investor Fund"]
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["-","Part A of the Investment Services Rules for Professional Investor Funds should be read carefully before this Application form is completed."]
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["-","Applicants should specify on the front page whether the Application is Draft or Final."]
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["-","The worksheets are password protected and all cells are locked except for the “yellow” cells which are write-enabled. This means that the Applicant is allowed to insert, delete or amend “yellow” cells only."]
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["-","All questions should be answered. Preferably, replies should not go beyond the space provided for this purpose. In case of detailed explanations, separate sheets should be used. If the Applicant believes that a question does not apply, the response should be “N/A”. NONE OF THE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE LEFT UNANSWERED."]
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["-","Hard copies of Applications and supporting documents are to be submitted in either English or Maltese.  An Excel format of the Application Form is available from MFSA’s web site (www.mfsa.com.mt). Applicants are encouraged to complete the Application Form electronically."]
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["-","Any person who knowingly or recklessly furnishes information or makes a statement which is inaccurate, false or misleading in any material respect is guilty of an offence under the Investment Services Act,1994."]
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["-","If, after the Application has been submitted, the Applicant becomes aware that the information submitted has changed or if the Applicant becomes aware of any material fact that affects the information submitted, the Applicant must inform MFSA immediately."]
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["-","The first draft Application submitted should be accompanied by the appropriate fee, otherwise the Application will not be processed. The fee structure which is current at the time of writing (but which is subject to change) is shown below.  Applicants are advised to check that the fee structure below is current at the time of submitting the Application. "]
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["-","A fee of € 600 is payable on the submission of this application."]
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["-","Responsibility for the submission of all relevant information rests with the Applicant."]

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["Table of Contents"]
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["Section 1","Details of the Professional Investor Fund (\"PIF\")"]
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["Section 2","The Service Providers"]
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["Section 3","Investment Objectives, Policies and Restrictions"]
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["Declaration"]

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["Section 1"]
["Details of the Professional Investor Fund (\"PIF\")"]
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[1.1000000000000001,"Name of PIF"]
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[1.2,"Legal Form of the PIF"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Investment Company"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Mutual Fund"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Limited Partnership"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Unit Trust"]
[1.3,"Under which laws is the PIF established/ is to be established?",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Other - please specify"]
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[1.4,"Will the PIF issue classes of shares constituting Sub-Funds",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Maltese"]
[null,null,{"$f":"IF($B$23=\"YES\",\"Insert number of sub-funds to be established below\",\"\")","v":""},null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Other - please specify"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Yes"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"No"]
[1.5,"Will the PIF be open ended",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"N/A"]
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[1.6,"The PIF will be sold to:"]
[null,"Experienced Investors - minimum EUR 10,000/EUR15,000 or USD10,000/ USD15,000"]
[null,"Qualifying Investors - minimum EUR75,000 or USD75,000"]
[null,"Extraordinary Investors - minimum EUR750,000 or USD750,000"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Yes"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"No"]
[1.7,"Minimum Subscription per investor"]
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[1.8,"Promoters (with full background and status, including details of any authorisation by a regulatory authority, professional body, investment exchange, clearing house etc.)"]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Experienced Investors - minimum EUR20,000"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Qualifying Investors - minimum EUR100,000"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Extraordinary Investors - minimum EUR1,000,000"]
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[1.9,"Nature of units to be issued"]
[null,"Class(es) of share/ units to be issued:"]
[null,"Any geographical/ nationality restrictions on sale of shares/units?"]

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["Section 2"]
["The Service Providers"]
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[2.1,"Manager"]
[null,"Name:"]
[null,"Country of Residence:"]
[null,"Regulator:"]
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[2.2000000000000002,"Administrator"]
[null,"Name:"]
[null,"Country of Residence:"]
[null,"Regulator:"]
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[2.2999999999999998,"Custodian/ Trustee/ Prime Broker"]
[null,"Name:"]
[null,"Country of Residence:"]
[null,"Regulator:"]
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[2.4,"Investment Advisor"]
[null,"Name:"]
[null,"Country of Residence:"]
[null,"Regulator:"]

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["Section 3"]
["Investment Objectives, Policies and Restrictions"]
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[3.1,"Investment objectives and policy for each class (in brief)"]
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[3.2,"Assets in which the fund would be invested, and brief details of any proposed investment limits or restrictions."]
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[3.3,"Borrowing Powers"]
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[3.4,"Please indicate if the PIF is to be leveraged or not. If Yes, please indicate the extent to which this is permitted."]

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["Declaration"]
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["This declaration should be completed by Qualifying Signatories of the Applicant."]
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["I request a preliminary indication of acceptability for the PIF outlined above.  If this is favourable, an application will be submitted in due course for full approval."]
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["For and on behalf of the Applicant:"]
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["Name"]
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["Signature"]
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