A financial instruments business operator, etc. must work faithfully on behalf of right holders (meaning persons prescribed in the following items in accordance with the category of business set forth in each item; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection) in providing investment management business:
the business of performing the act specified in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xii):the other party to the contract set forth in (a) or (b) of that item;
第二条第八項第十二号に掲げる行為を行う業務 同号イ又はロに掲げる契約の相手方
the business of performing the act specified in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xiv):the person that holds the rights indicated on the securities provided for in that item or other rights specified by Cabinet Order; and
第二条第八項第十四号に掲げる行為を行う業務 同号に規定する有価証券に表示される権利その他の政令で定める権利を有する者
the business of performing the act specified in Article 2, paragraph (8), item (xv):the person that holds rights set forth in (a) through (c) of that item or other rights specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in that item.
第二条第八項第十五号に掲げる行為を行う業務 同号イからハまでに掲げる権利その他同号に規定する政令で定める権利を有する者
A financial instruments business operator, etc. must conduct investment management business with the due care of a prudent manager for right holders.
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conclusion of the following contracts, and the management of money or any other property (including instructions for that management; the same applies hereinafter), based on such contract…
次に掲げる契約を締結し、当該契約に基づき、金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、金銭その他の財産の運用（その指図を含む。以下同じ。）を行うこと。
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the management (excluding management that falls under the category of act set forth in item (xii)) of money or other property contributed by a person that holds rights indicated on the securities…
金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、第一項第十号に掲げる有価証券に表示される権利その他の政令で定める権利を有する者から拠出を受けた金銭その他の財産の運用を行うこと（第十二号に掲げる行為に該当するものを除く。）。
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the management (excluding management that falls under the category of act set forth in item (xii) or the preceding item) of money or other property invested or contributed by a person that holds the…
金融商品の価値等の分析に基づく投資判断に基づいて主として有価証券又はデリバティブ取引に係る権利に対する投資として、次に掲げる権利その他政令で定める権利を有する者から出資又は拠出を受けた金銭その他の財産の運用を行うこと（第十二号及び前号に掲げる行為に該当するものを除く。）。
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「有価証券」
Securities as this Act defines them: the instruments listed in Article 2, paragraph (1), among them national government and local government bonds, corporate bonds, share certificates and share option certificates, preferred equity investment certificates, beneficiary certificates of investment trusts and other trusts, investment securities, certain promissory notes, mortgage securities, option certificates and depositary receipts, foreign instruments of the same nature, and other instruments a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
investment management business
「投資運用業」
Investment management business as defined in Article 28, paragraph (4): the part of financial instruments business (金融商品取引業) that consists in carrying on as a business the acts in Article 2, paragraph (8), items (xii), (xiv) and (xv) — managing money or other property, on investment decisions (投資判断) based on an analysis of the value, etc. of financial instruments, as an investment in securities or in rights under derivatives transactions, whether under a discretionary investment contract (投資一任契約) or an asset management contract with a registered investment corporation (登録投資法人), or for the holders of the rights items (xiv) and (xv) list who contributed it — including where a bank, a cooperative financial institution or another financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies carries them on.
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (4)· applies only in this chapter
financial instruments business operator, etc.machine translation
「金融商品取引業者等」
A financial instruments business operator (金融商品取引業者) or a registered financial institution (登録金融機関).
Defined inArticle 34, paragraph (1)
right holdermachine translation
「権利者」
In the subsection on investment management business that begins with Article 42, the persons for whom that business is carried on: the counterparty to a contract for managing a registered investment corporation's assets or to a discretionary investment contract (投資一任契約); holders of investment trust beneficiary certificates or other rights a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, whose contributed money is being invested; and holders of trust beneficial interests, partnership-type rights or other rights a Cabinet Order specifies, whose contributed money is being invested mainly in securities or derivatives.
Defined inArticle 42, paragraph (1)· applies only in this subsection