28. Holding financial instruments can be considered as not giving rise to conflicts of interest or …

Holding financial instruments can be considered as not giving rise to conflicts of interest or as amounting to trading where all the following conditions are met:

• a) the financial instruments are issued by an institution which is a mutual, cooperative society, savings bank, credit institution established to provide services to a competent authority’s staff and former staff, or a similar institution;
• b) holding the financial instruments is necessary in order to access the normal banking and other services of the institution;
• c) the level of financial interest in the institution arising from the holding can be considered negligible;
• d) investment or divestment operations of the financial instruments may only take place between the members of the institution or through the institution itself.

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