Annex II Costs and charges
Identified costs that should form part of the costs to be disclosed to the clients [It should be noted that certain cost items appear in both tables but are not duplicative since they respectively refer to costs of the product and costs of the service. Examples are the management fees (in table 1, this refers to management fees charged by an investment firm providing the service of portfolio management to its clients while in Table 2 it refers to management fees charged by an investment fund manager to its investor) and broker commissions (in Table 1, they refer to commissions incurred by the investment firm when trading on behalf of its clients while in Table 2 they refer to commissions paid by investment funds when trading on behalf of the fund).]
Table 1 - All costs and associated charges charged for the investment service(s) and/or ancillary services provided to the client that should form part of the amount to be disclosed
Cost items to be disclosed |
Examples: |
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One-off charges related to the provision of an investment service |
All costs and charges paid to the investment firm at the beginning or at the end of the provided investment service(s). |
Deposit fees, termination fees and switching costs [Switching costs should be understood as costs (if any) that are incurred by investors by switching from one investment firm to another investment firm.]. |
Ongoing charges related to the provision of an investment service |