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Article (6) – Domiciling of Investments

IA-BOD-RES 26/2014 Effective from 28/12/2014
  1. The Company is permitted to hold, for the purpose of investment, assets of its Takaful fund for UAE policies in a foreign jurisdiction with a sovereign rating which is better or at least equivalent to the sovereign rating of the UAE. Total invested assets held outside the UAE shall not exceed 50% of the total invested assets or 100% of the total technical provisions for policies outside the UAE only (excluding unit-linked funds), whichever is greater.
     
  2. This restriction in terms of the location and value of invested assets held outside the UAE is applicable to both the Takaful fund for UAE policies and the shareholders' fund, notwithstanding whether the invested assets are held to support the solvency margin.
     
  3. The restriction in terms of the location and value of invested assets held outside the UAE for branches of Foreign Takaful Operators is applicable to the insurance fund for the UAE policies only, notwithstanding whether the invested assets are held to support the solvency margin.
     
  4. The Company shall at all times invest inside the UAE the assets required to match the technical provisions, for policies inside the UAE only, with consideration of Article (2) of Section (3) in regards to the Regulations Pertinent to the Basis of Calculating the Technical Provisions.
     
  5. The above domiciling investment limits are not applicable to unit-linked funds.