Source of Wealth Investment Bonds
Source of Wealth Investment Bonds
Investment bonds
For financial advisers only
Under the current anti-money laundering legislation, Standard Life are obliged to perform
customer due diligence to prevent our services from being used for money laundering and/or
terrorist financing purposes.
We are obliged to take adequate measures to establish the customer’s source of wealth and source of funds in relation to
their application.
The table below gives a brief summary of our current requirements.
Savings • Name of financial provider where • Bank statement clearly showing total amount saved; or
the savings were accumulated • Letter from financial provider confirming the total amount saved; or
• Period of time saved over • Letter from solicitor or accountant detailing the ownership and
• Total amount saved savings accumulated; or
• Reliable open source check confirming that volume of invested funds
is in line with customer profile
Inheritance/Gift • Donor’s name • Letter from solicitor confirming details and the amount received; or
• Policy owner’s relationship to donor • Copy of the will; or
• Source of donor’s wealth • Grant of probate with copy of the will attached; or
• Date inheritance/gift was received • Bank statement clearly showing receipt of inheritance/gift
• Total amount received
Company/ • Full legal name of the company/ • Letter from solicitor or accountant confirming details of ownership,
shares sale shares sold sale and the amount received; or
• Company’s country of registration • Copy of the contract of sale; or
• Name of shareholder • Reliable media report confirming sale of the company
• Total value of sale
• Date of sale
01/02
Source of wealth Details required Additional evidence
Please provide the details/answers Copy documents required for cases where
in the additional information field of • investment amount is €250,000 or more, or
financial adviser’s section (Part 7) on
• there are inconsistencies in the information provided
the application form
Investment Sale • Nature of investment • Letter from investment company confirming owner and sale; or
or Maturity • Name of company where investment • Maturity statement; or
was held • Letter from solicitor or accountant confirming details of owner, sale
• Ownership of investment and the amount received
• Date of maturity/sale
• Sale value
Property sale • Name of owner of property sold • Letter from solicitor confirming details of owner and sale and the
• Address of property sold amount received; or
• Length of time property was owned • Letter from estate agent confirming the details of the owner, sale and
amount received; or
• Total sale amount received
• Copy of contract of sale
• Date sale was completed
This is a brief summary and the lists are not exhaustive. We reserve the right to ask for additional information and
documentation. Contact us if you need more information.
In certain circumstances, we may accept a written declaration from you, their financial adviser, stating that you are
satisfied with the source of wealth and where it came from, accompanied by your client’s bank account statement clearly
showing the money to be invested. For example, where your client is unable to provide conventional documentation,
but they are a long standing customer of yours, having invested money from a legitimate source based on your advice
for many years.