| (a) | a bank; |
| (b) | a finance company licensed under section 6 of the Finance Companies Act (Cap. 108); |
| (c) | a merchant bank; |
| (d) | a financial holding company; |
| (e) | an approved exchange as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289); |
| (f) | a recognised market operator as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (g) | a licensed trade repository as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (h) | a licensed foreign trade repository as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (i) | an approved clearing house as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (j) | a recognised clearing house as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (k) | an approved holding company as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (l) | an authorised benchmark administrator or exempt benchmark administrator as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (m) | an authorised benchmark submitter, a designated benchmark submitter or an exempt benchmark submitter as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (n) | the Depository as defined in section 81SF of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (o) | a holder of a capital markets services licence granted under section 86 of the Securities and Futures Act; |
| (p) | a person who is exempt from the requirement to hold a capital markets services licence under the Securities and Futures Act to carry on business in any regulated activity specified in the Second Schedule to that Act; |
| (q) | a trustee for a collective investment scheme authorised under section 286 of the Securities and Futures Act, that is approved under section 289 of that Act; |
| (r) | a licensed trust company licensed under section 5 of the Trust Companies Act (Cap. 336); |
| (s) | a financial adviser licensed under section 13 of the Financial Advisers Act (Cap. 110); |
| (t) | an exempt financial adviser under section 23(1) of the Financial Advisers Act; |
| (u) | an authorised reinsurer as defined in section 1A of the Insurance Act; |
| (v) | a member of Lloyd’s that is permitted to carry on general class of insurance business in accordance with regulation 3 of the Insurance (Lloyd’s Scheme) Regulations (Cap. 142, Rg 8), or any insurance business specified in the First Schedule to the Insurance (Lloyd’s Asia Scheme) Regulations (Cap. 142, Rg 9) in accordance with regulation 3 of the Insurance (Lloyd’s Asia Scheme) Regulations; |
| (w) | an insurance agent or insurance broker registered or otherwise regulated under the Insurance Act; |
| (x) | a licensed insurer; |
| (y) | an approved MAT insurer as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Insurance (Approved Marine, Aviation and Transit Insurers) Regulations (Cap. 142, Rg 15); |
| (z) | an operator or a settlement institution of a designated payment system under the Payment Services Act 2019 (Act 2 of 2019); |
| (za) | a payment service provider licensed under the Payment Services Act 2019. |
