COBS 13.5 Preparing product information: other projections

1A firm that communicates a projection for an in-force packaged product which is not a financial instrument:

1. (1)

   must include a standardised deterministic projection;

2. (2)

   may also include a stochastic projection2 except that the most prominent projection must be a standardised deterministic projection; and

   2

must follow the projection rules in COBS 13 Annex 2.

3The requirement in COBS 13.5.1R does not apply where a retail client proposes to withdraw the funds in full from their personal pension scheme, stakeholder pension scheme or drawdown pension reducing the value of their rights to zero.

1. (1)

   5A firm that communicates a projection for a packaged product which falls within (2) must ensure that the projection is either a standardised deterministic projection or a stochastic projection in accordance with COBS 13 Annex 2.

2. (2)

   This rule applies to a packaged product which is:

   1. (a)

      not a financial instrument or an in-force packaged product; and

   2. (b)

      either:

      1. (i)

         a non-PRIIP packaged product for which a key features illustration is not required to be provided; or

      2. (ii)

         a PRIIP where the projection is not in the key information document.

3The requirement in COBS 13.5.2R does not apply where a retail client elects to withdraw the funds in full from their personal pension scheme or stakeholder pension scheme or drawdown pension reducing the value of their rights to zero.

A firm that communicates a projection of benefits for a packaged product which is not a financial instrument, as part of a combined projection where other benefits being projected include those for a financial instrument or structured deposit, is not required to comply with the projection rules in COBS 13.4, COBS 13.5 and COBS 13 Annex 2 to the extent that it complies with the future performance rule (COBS 4.6.7 R).