Sweden’s market welcomes government move to halt blanket ban on commissions

The Swedish structured products industry has welcomed the government’s decision not to introduce a general ban on commissions for financial products despite the tightening of the guidelines around consumer protection in the intermediary segment in an effort to limit conflicts of interest and improve financial advice among retail investors. The government’s move comes after one year of uncertainty following the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s (FSA) report ( The Securities Market: MiFID