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1Documents
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2Savings Goals
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3Sustainability Assessment
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4Risk Profiler 1
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5Risk Profiler 2
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6Personal Details
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7Savings Details
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8Income & Outgoings
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9Marketing & Declarations
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Politically Exposed Person (PEP)
Who is a Politically Exposed Person (PEP)?
A ‘Politically Exposed Person’ means an individual who is, or has at any time in the preceding 12 months been, entrusted with a prominent public function, (but not including any middle ranking or more junior official) and performs one of the following roles:
- a head of state, head of government, government minister or deputy or assistant government minister.
- a member of a parliament or a similar legislative body.
- a member of the governing body of a political party.
- a member of a supreme court, constitutional court or other high level judicial body whose decisions, other than in exceptional circumstances, are not subject to further appeal.
- a member of a court of auditors or of the board of a central bank.
- an ambassador, chargé d’affairs or high-ranking officer in the armed forces.
- a director, deputy director or member of the board of, or person performing the equivalent function in relation to, an international organisation.
- a member of the administrative, management or supervisory body of a state-owned enterprise.
Who is a Relative of a PEP?
- any spouse of the politically exposed person.
- any person who is considered to be equivalent to a spouse of the politically exposed person under the national or other law of the place where the person or politically exposed person resides.
- any child of the politically exposed person.
- any spouse of a child of the politically exposed person.
- any person considered to be equivalent to a spouse of a child of the politically exposed person under the national or other law of the place where the person or child resides.
- any parent of the politically exposed person.
- any other family member of the politically exposed person who is of a prescribed class set out by the Department of Finance.
Who is a Close Associate of a PEP?
- any individual who has joint beneficial ownership of a legal entity or legal arrangement, or any other close business relations, with the politically exposed person.
- any individual who has sole beneficial ownership of a legal entity or legal arrangement set up for the actual benefit of the politically exposed Person.