I'm pretty sure that if you asked your compliance officer, they would tell you that there is no requirement to declare / disclose / attest to any gambling, either to them or the regulator, even as an approved person.
Political donations are, as I understand it (having clicked through interminable training slides) acceptable, provided there is proper due diligence vis. bribery and / or corruption.
I'm going to have a look to see if they are counted as COIs at my current shop.
Forget gambling in this case, it was just a counterpoint definition of CoI. Interestingly, my employer's policy definition of CoI includes potential, actual and situations that may give rise to...
I'm pretty sure that if you asked your compliance officer, they would tell you that there is no requirement to declare / disclose / attest to any gambling, either to them or the regulator, even as an approved person.
Political donations are, as I understand it (having clicked through interminable training slides) acceptable, provided there is proper due diligence vis. bribery and / or corruption.
I'm going to have a look to see if they are counted as COIs at my current shop.