Tag Archives: PRIIPS
EIOPA publishes guidelines for “execution-only” sales of IBIPs under IDD
Further to a public consultation, EIOPA has published a final report on its guidelines for insurance based investment products (IBIPs) under IDD that incorporate a structure which makes it difficult to understand the risks involved. These guidelines apply to execution-only sales under Article 30(3) of IDD. One of the conditions specified in Article 30(3) of […]
Commission asks ESAs for retail product evaluation
The Commission has published its formal request to the ESAs to report to it on the cost and past performance of the main categories of retail investment, insurance and pension products. It notes the reporting should be based on what is required under key EU legislation, and appreciates the amount of work is such that […]
FCA consults on miscellaneous changes
FCA’s latest Quarterly Consultation Paper covers: amendments to FEES in respect of fees when firms apply for a VOP for provision of payment initiation and account services. FCA needs to charge fees as it has realised it will need to apply more resource to these applications than it does to standard VOPs. DEPP and EG in respect […]
ESAs publish further Q&As on the Key Information Document for PRIIPs
Further guidance on the Key Information Document (KID) under PRIIPs was published by ESAs today in the form of questions and answers (Q&A). The Q&A includes additional questions and answers to those published on 4 July 2017 as well as diagrams to explain the risk and rewards calculations required to prepare the KID. The updated […]
Minor amendment to PRIIPS RTS published in the Official Journal
Background A corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/653 of 8 March 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) by laying down regulatory technical standards (RTS) with regard to the presentation, content, review and revision of key information documents and the conditions for fulfilling […]
ESAs advise the Commission on PRIIPs with environmental or social objectives
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have submitted their technical advice to the European Commission (the Commission) to set minimum requirements, which manufacturers of PRIIPs with environmental or social (EOS PRIIPs) objectives should comply with to ensure their products meet the retail investors’ needs. The ESAs addressed four areas: (i) specific environmental or social objectives, (ii) disclosure of specific investment […]
EIOPA creates webpage on product intervention powers under PRIIPs regulation
The webpage is available here. Product intervention powers will come into force as of 1 January 2018.
Commission publishes PRIIPs KID guidelines
The Commission has published draft guidelines on the PRIIPs KID. The guidelines aim to promote consistency by smoothing out areas of potential divergences in interpretation. Questions the guidelines address (although not in much detail), are on the derogation for the need for a single KIDfor a multi-option product, the scope of the Regulation and territorial […]
ESAs answer questions on the KID requirements for PRIIPs
The ESAs have published the first set of question and answers (Q&A) related to the KID requirements for PRIIPs. The purpose of the Q&A is to promote a common supervisory approach to the implementation of the KID. Stakeholders are invited to submit new questions and the ESAs will continue to answer further questions and will […]
Insurance Europe publishes PRIIPs information exchange templates
Insurance Europe has published the following templates in relation to the PRIIPS regulation: The European PRIIPs template, which includes the minimum data necessary for insurers to produce a KID; and The ‘Comfort’ template, which includes more data, but delivery will depend on ad hoc bilateral agreements between insurers and asset managers. The purpose of the templates […]
