Tag: Kid
Eusipa calls for ‘sufficient time’ to implement Priips RTS, align Ucits
Europe | Regulations & Legal
10 Sep 2021 by Pablo Conde
The European trade body has responded to the European Commission’s open consultation on the proposal for a regulation on Priips.
UK regulator consults on post-Brexit Priips divergence
Europe | Regulations & Legal
21 Jul 2021 by Pablo Conde
The changes are aimed at providing ‘more clarity to consumers about what the products are, the risk presented and information to help understand likely future performance’.
FSMA: KIDs often too technical, difficult to understand
Europe | Regulations & Legal
06 Jul 2021 by SRP News
The Belgian regulator expects the sector to improve the quality of the key information documents (KIDs) provided to retail investors.
FSMA bans 12 structured products, detects KID shortcomings
Europe | Regulations & Legal
29 Jun 2021 by SRP News
The Belgian regulator deemed 12 structured products linked to proprietary indices ‘too complex’ for retail investors in 2020.
Latest: UK gov mulls Priips ‘successor’ regulation, extends Ucits KID exemption
International | Regulations & Legal
03 Jun 2021 by SRP News
The UK HM Treasury has announced a five-year extension of the current exemption for Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Ucits) funds in relation to the requirements of the Priips Regulation.
Esma report on retail products: interesting, but inaccurate
Europe | Regulations & Legal
14 May 2021 by Tim Mortimer - FVC
In April 2021 the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) published its annual statistical report on the performance and costs of retail products.
Eusipa - Esma report: not a true depiction of the market
Europe | Regulations & Legal
13 May 2021 by Pablo Conde
The European structured products trade body points at the flaws on the recent report released by Esma on cost and performance of structured products.
European regulators target ‘due cost’
Europe | Regulations & Legal
12 May 2021 by Pablo Conde
The announcement follows the publication of the annual statistical report on the cost and performance of EU retail investment products which found that retail investors pay 40% more than institutional investors.
SRP in brief: firsts and foremost
International | Industry
19 Apr 2021 by Amélie Labbe
It’s been a week of product firsts, crypto launches and KID reviews.