Article 24
Internal capital and liquid assets
1.
Investment firms which do not meet the conditions for qualifying as small and non‐interconnected investment firms set out in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 shall have in place sound, effective and comprehensive arrangements, strategies and processes to assess and maintain on an ongoing basis the amounts, types and distribution of internal capital and liquid assets that they consider adequate to cover the nature and level of risks which they may pose to others and to which the investment firms themselves are or might be exposed.
2.
The arrangements, strategies and processes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be appropriate and proportionate to the nature, scale and complexity of the activities of the investment firm concerned. They shall be subject to regular internal review.
Competent authorities may request investment firms which meet the conditions for qualifying as small and non‐interconnected investment firms set out in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 to apply the requirements provided for in this Article to the extent that the competent authorities deem it to be appropriate.