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Question 23 Conditions to be met to use costs grids/tables for ex-ante information [Last update: 28 March 2019]

Art. 24 of MiFID II Art. 50(2) and (6) of the MiFID II Delegated Regulation

In what circumstances and under which conditions could a firm meet its obligation for ex-ante disclosure by informing its clients of the relevant costs and charges just once, or on a regular basis, but not before each transaction?

 

Answer 23

Where there are no product costs for the relevant financial instrument (management, structuring or distribution fees which are neither included in the price or in addition to the price of the financial instrument) or in the residual instances where the assessment of product costs is not required (in accordance with Article 50(6) of the MiFID II Delegated Regulation), firms may meet their ex-ante costs and charges disclosure obligation by providing to their clients a grid or table displaying the relevant costs and charges specific to i) the investment or ancillary service and ii) the financial instrument category offered to or demanded by the client.

However, such grids

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