Financial Guaranty UK Limited
Reference number: 400238
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
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Forvis Mazars LLP, 30 Old Bailey, London, City Of London, EC4M 7AU, United Kingdom
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 05030956
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 January 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 30 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AU, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors (SIC 64921)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefano Loreti | Director | Mar 1971 | 17 Jun 2020 |
| Kenneth Edward Randall | Director | May 1948 | 9 Sep 2020 |
| Simon John Granger | Director | Jun 1975 | 23 Nov 2021 |
| Iain Rawdon Barbour | Director | Jun 1961 | 22 Jul 2022 |
| David Douglas Stortz | Director | Jun 1963 | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Sarah Elizabeth Ouarbya | Secretary | Not published | 2 Nov 2015 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
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- Accepting Deposits
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Carrying out contracts of insurance
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Firm must not transfer assets
The firm must not commute, vary, terminate or reinstate the terms of any existing contract of insurance or reinsurance or enter into any new contract of reinsurance, in each case with Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), any member of its group (the Group) or any successor or sub-division of FGIC or a Group member unless the firm has given the FSA at least five business days written notice of its proposed action and the FSA has confirmed, in writing, that it does not object to the proposal.
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Firm must not vary any existing contract
The firm must not take any action which has, or may have, the effect of: a) transferring any assets of FG UK, a member of its Group (as defined below) or any successor or subdivision of FG UK or a Group member, including, without limitation, by dividend, loan, transfer of collateral, assignment, novation, commutation, or payment of premium under any contract of insurance or reinsurance to; b) creating any security interest over any assets of FG UK in favour of; or c) incurring, or increasing, contractual or other liabilities (including, without limitation, any liability under a guarantee or indemnity) of FG UK, in favour of, or for the benefit of; in the case of each of a), b) and c) above, any of: (i) Chelsea Insurance Holdings LLC; (ii) Chelsea Holdings Midwest LLC; (iii) GTAM TS Investment LLC; (iv) GoldenTree Partners Loan Fund LLC; (v) GoldenTree Asset Management LP; (vi) Midwest Holding Inc.; (vii) American Life & Security Corp., (viii) any other member of FG UK’s group (the “Group”) or any successor or subdivision of FG UK or a Group member or (ix) any third party in connection with any obligation of any Group member and/or any successor or sub-division of a Group member, unless in any such case FG UK has given the PRA at least five business days’ written notice of its proposed action and the PRA has confirmed, in writing, that it does not object to the proposal (the Restriction). Without prejudice to FG UK’s regulatory obligations and prior approvals relating to material outsourcing arrangements, which shall remain unaffected, the Restriction shall not apply in respect of any assets, security interests, contractual or other liabilities of FG UK that are transferred, created, incurred or increased (as the case may be) in accordance with the terms of any of the relevant agreements specified below (which, for the purposes of the Restriction, may include any amendments, variations or replacements thereof). The relevant agreements are as follows: 1. Investment Management Agreement between (i) GoldenTree Asset Management LP; and (ii) Financial Guaranty UK Limited dated 5 October 2020. 2. Liability Management Agreement between (i) GoldenTree Asset Management LP; and (ii) Financial Guaranty UK Limited dated 5 October 2020. 3. Operational Services Agreement between (i) GoldenTree Asset Management LP; and (ii) Financial Guaranty UK Limited dated 5 October 2020 (as novated on April 19, 2022).
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds one earlier registered name for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- FGIC UK Ltd
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