Article 66 Execution policy
1. Investment firms shall review, at least on an annual basis execution policy established pursuant to rule 11.2A.20 of the Conduct of Business sourcebook, as well as their order execution arrangements.
Such a review shall also be carried out whenever a material change as defined in Article 65(7) occurs that affects the firm's ability to continue to obtain the best possible result for the execution of its client orders on a consistent basis using the venues included in its execution policy. An investment firm shall assess whether a material change has occurred and shall consider making changes to the relative importance of the best execution factors in meeting the overarching best execution requirement.
2. The information on the execution policy shall be customised depending on the class of financial instrument and type of the service provided and shall include information set out in paragraphs 3 to 9.
3. Investment firms shall provide clients with the following details on their execution policy in good time prior to the provision of the service:
(a) an account of the relative importance the investment firm assigns, in accordance with the criteria specified in Article 59(1), to the factors referred to in rule 11.2A.2 of the Conduct of Business sourcebook, or the process by which the firm determines the relative importance of those factors.