Country Manual Private Banking
Jordan – Update 2024
BRP has updated its Country Manual Private Banking for Jordan – (Def, RS, BT & RT)
| Source of changes | Answers |
|---|---|
| Law / Regulation | No |
| New Position of the Authorities | No |
| Evolution of Expert’s Interpretation | Yes |
Regulatory Template, Regulatory Summary and Behaviour Template
Material changes
We have reviewed the documents following consultations with our local counsel. We can confirm that there have been no relevant regulatory changes since the last publication of this Country Manual, but we have decided to change the answers for onsite presentations of the Bank in general terms and onsite provision of annual report and accounts from NO to Grey zone/NO. A bank may take a risk based decision as to whether to engage in these activities in Jordan but we would advise that this likely to breach regulatory restrictions.
Non-material changes
Several comments have been slightly reworded (without introducing material changes) to reflect the regulatory situation/current interpretation of the regulatory framework more accurately.
Implications for business relations with third parties
With respect to the provision of documentation to the EAM (such as documentation on the Bank’s banking and investment services, investment research and financial analysis or recommendation lists), our Country Manual now distinguishes between the provision to the EAM for remittance to the end client (B2C) on one hand and the provision to the EAM for the EAM’s own professional purposes (B2B) on the other hand. The answers have been amended accordingly.
Regulatory Summary
This document has now a more user-friendly layout and reflects the changes contained in the RT.
BT Short Comparison
BRP has created a comparison document allowing users to quickly identify the modifications made compared to the previous version of the PB Manual (BT Short Comparison). The BT Short Comparison can be found on BRP’s platform (mybrponline) in the Search tab by entering in the Document Field “CM PB BT SHORT COMP” and “JORDAN” in the Target Country Field.
The BT Short Comparison should be read as follows:
The first column contains a short description of the activity in question. The second column contains the answers of the previous version of the Country Manual (online until the day of the alert). The third column contains the new answers of the most recent version of the Country Manual. Only the modified answers are displayed (in colour). If the answers in the new version are unchanged compared to the previous version, they are shaded in grey.
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Geneva, June 20th, 2024