Related provisions for COBS 14.3.7
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1A firm that sells:(1) a packaged product to a retail client, must provide a key features document and a key features illustration2 to that client (unless the packaged product is a unit in a simplified prospectus scheme or an EEA simplified prospectus scheme);(2) a life policy that is not a reinsurance contract to a client, must provide the Consolidated Life Directive information to that client;(3) the variation of a life policy or personal pension scheme to a retail client,
(1) A firm that personally recommends that a retail client holds a particular asset in a SIPP must provide that client with sufficient information for the client to be able to make an informed decision about whether to buy or invest.(2) This rule does not apply if the asset is described in COBS 14.2.1 R.
A firm is not required to provide:(1) a document, if the firm produces the product and the rules in this section require another firm to provide the document;(2) a key features document or key features illustration2, if another person is required to provide the distance marketing information by the rules of another EEA State; (3) the Consolidated Life Directive information, if another person is required to provide that information by the rules of another EEA State;(4) a simplified
A firm is not required to provide a key features document or a key features illustration2for: (1) a key features scheme if it provides a simplified prospectus instead;(2) a life policy that is not a reinsurance contract if:(a) the firm is operating from an establishment in another EEA State and the sale is by distance contract; or(b) the client is habitually resident outside the United Kingdom and the sale is not by distance contract.(3) a traded life policy.[Note: in respect
A firm is not required to provide a key features document or a key features illustration2, if:(1) the client is buying or investing in response to a direct offer financial promotion without receiving a personal recommendation to buy or invest; and(2) the firm provides materially the same information in some other way.
A firm is not required to provide a , a key features illustration2 or a simplified prospectus for a key features scheme or simplified prospectus scheme if:(1) the client is habitually resident outside the EEA and not present in the EEA when the relevant application is signed; or(2) the purchase is by a discretionary investment manager on behalf of a retail client; or(3) the sale is arranged or personally recommended by an investment manager and the client has agreed that a key
A firm may provide a single document, which describes more than one key features scheme, simplified prospectus scheme or EEA simplified prospectus scheme, or any combination of those schemes, if:(1) the schemes are offered through a funds supermarket service;(2) the document clearly describes the difference between the relevant schemes; and(3) (in the case of a simplified prospectus scheme or an EEA simplified prospectus scheme) the firm also offers copies of the relevant prospectuses
If there is no initial service agreement but the successive operations or separate operations of the same nature performed over time are performed between the same contractual parties, the rules in this section only apply:(1) when the first operation is performed; and(2) if no operation of the same nature is performed for more than a year, when the next operation is performed (the next operation being deemed to be the first in a new series of operations).
When the rules in this section require a firm to:(1) offer a simplified prospectus or an EEA simplified prospectus to a client, that prospectus must be offered free of charge before the conclusion of the contract; or(2) provide a key features document, a simplified prospectus, an EEA simplified prospectus or any other document or information to a client, the document or information must be provided free of charge and in good time before the firm carries on the relevant business.[Note:
A firm may provide a document, or the information required to be provided by the rules in this section, in a durable medium immediately after the conclusion of a distance contract, if the contract has been concluded at a client's request using a means of distance communication that does not enable the document or information to be provided in that form in good time before the client is bound by the contract.
Where the rules in this section require a document or information to be provided, in the case of a voice telephony communication, a firm must:(1) if the client gives explicit consent to receiving only limited information, provide the abbreviated distance marketing disclosure information(COBS 6 Annex 2) orally to the client;(2) if the client does not give explicit consent to only receiving limited information, and the parties wish to proceed by voice telephony communication, provide
If a firm provides a client with a simplified prospectus or an EEA simplified prospectus that meets the requirements of article 28 of the UCITS Directive, it will have provided appropriate information for the purpose of the requirement to disclose information on:(1) designated investments and investment strategies (COBS 2.2.1R (1)(b)); and(2) costs and associated charges (COBS 2.2.1R (1)(d) and COBS 6.1.9 R1;in relation to the costs and associated charges in respect of the UCITS
A simplified prospectus provides sufficient information in relation to the costs and associated charges in respect of the UCITS scheme itself. However, a firm distributing units in a UCITS scheme should also inform a client about all of the other costs and associated charges related to the provision of its services in relation to units in the UCITS scheme. [Note: recital 55 to the MiFID implementing Directive]
A key features document must:(1) include enough information about the nature and complexity of the product, how it works, any limitations or minimum standards that apply and the material benefits and risks of buying or investing for a retail client to be able to make an informed decision about whether to proceed; and(2) explain:(a) the arrangements for handling complaints about the product;(b) that compensation might be available from the FSCS if the firm cannot meet its liabilities
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A key features document for a packaged product must: |
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Include the title: ‘key features of the [name of product]’; |
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describe the product in the order of the following headings, and by giving the following information under those headings: |
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Information to be given |
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‘Its aims’ |
A brief description of the product’s aims |
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‘Your commitment’ or ‘Your investment’ |
What a retail client is committing to or investing in and any consequences of failing to maintain the commitment or investment |
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‘Risks’ |
The material risks associated with the product, including a description of the factors that may have an adverse effect on performance or are material to the decision to invest |
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‘Questions and Answers’ |
(in the form of questions and answers) the principle terms of the product, what it will do for a retail client and any other information necessary to enable a retail client to make an informed decision. |
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A single document prepared for more than one key features scheme, simplified prospectus scheme or EEA simplified prospectus scheme may combine more than one key features document, simplified prospectus or EEA simplified prospectus or any combination of them, if the schemes are offered through a funds supermarket service and the document clearly describes the difference between the schemes.
A key features document and a key features illustration2must also:(1) (if it is a key features document) 2be produced and presented to at least the same quality and standard as the sales or marketing material used to promote the relevant product;(2) (if it is a key features document) 2display the firm's brand at least as prominently as any other;(3) (if it is a key features document or a key features illustration which does not form an integral part of the key features document)
1 A key features illustration must include appropriate charges information and, if it is a packaged product which is not a financial instrument:(1) must include a standardised deterministic projection;(2) the projection and charges information must be consistent with each other ;(3) it may also include alternative projections except that the most prominent projection must be a standardised deterministic projection.
(1) If a firm sells, personally recommends or arranges the sale of a packaged product to a retail client, and subsequently if the retail client requests it, the firm must disclose to the client in cash terms:(a) any commission receivable by it or any of its associates in connection with the transaction; (b) if the firm is also the product provider, any commission or commission equivalent payable in connection with the transaction; and (c) if the firm or any of its associates is