Third party managed accounts
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Accounts & financeGuidance
Guidance
Third party managed accounts - GuidanceGuidance: When and how to use a third party managed account as an alternative to the use of a client account.
Glossary terms
client
means the person for whom you act and, where the context permits, includes prospective and former clients
in the SRA Financial Services (Scope) Rules, in relation to any regulated financial services activities carried on by an authorised body for a trust or the estate of a deceased person (including a controlled trust), means the trustees or personal representatives in their capacity as such and not any person who is a beneficiary under the trust or interested in the estate
third party managed account
means an account held at a bank or building society in the name of a third party which is an authorised payment institution or small payment institution that has chosen to implement safeguarding arrangement in accordance with the Payment Services Regulations (as each defined in the Payment Services Regulations 2017) regulated by the FCA, in which monies are owned beneficially by the third party, and which is operated upon terms agreed between the third party, you and your client as an escrow payment service
regulated services
means the legal and other professional services that you provide that are regulated by the SRA and includes, where appropriate, acting as a trustee or as the holder of a specified office or appointment
fees
means your own charges or profit costs (including any VAT element)