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19 November 2021 | ESMA35-43-349

Questions and Answers

On MiFID II and MiFIR investor protection and intermediaries topics

201-www.esma.europa.eu

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Date: 19 November 2021

ESMA35-43-349

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Table of Contents

Table of questions ................................................................................................................. 5

Introduction ..........................................................................................................................17

1 Best execution [Last update: 3 October 2019] ...............................................................19

2 Suitability and appropriateness [Last update: 28 March 2019] .......................................37

3 Recording of telephone conversations and electronic communications ...........................

[Last update: 3 October 2017] .......................................................................................46

4 Record keeping [Last update: 10 November 2017] ........................................................54

5 Investment advice on an independent basis [Last update: 3 October 2018] ..................55

6 Underwriting and placing [Last update: 16 December 2016] ..........................................57

7 Inducements (research) [Last update: 12 July 2018] .....................................................60

8 Post-sale reporting [Last update: 23 March 2018] .........................................................74

9 Information on costs and charges [Last update: 21 December 2020] ............................80

10 Appropriateness / Complex Financial Instruments [Last update: 6 June 2017]......... 101

11 Client categorisation [Last update: 25 May 2018] ..................................................... 102

12 Inducements [Last update: 28 May 2020] ................................................................ 106

13 Provision of investment services and activities by third country firms ...........................

[Last update: 28 March 2019] .................................................................................. 116

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[Last update: 18 December 2017] ............................................................................ 121

15 Other issues [Last update: 3 October 2019] ............................................................. 124

16 Product governance [Last update: 19 November 2021] ........................................... 127

17 Product intervention [Last update: 4 December 2019] .............................................. 132

18 MiFID practices for firms selling financial instruments subject to the BRRD resolution

regime [Last update: 18 February 2020] ............................................................................. 133

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Acronyms and definitions used

AIF Alternative Investment Funds

BRRD 2 Directive 2019/879 of the European Parliament and of the

Council

ESMA The European Markets and Securities Authority

ITS Implementing Technical Standards

KID Key Information Document

MiFID I Markets in Financial Instruments Directive Directive

2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

MiFID II Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (recast) Directive

2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

MiFIR Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation Regulation

600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council

MTF Multilateral Trading Facility

OTC Over The Counter

OTF Organised Trading Facility

Q&A Question and Answer

PRIIPs Package Retail and Insurance-based Products

RPA Research Payment Account

RTS Regulatory Technical Standards

SFTs Securities financing transactions

UCITS Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities 5

Table of questions

Topic of the Question Level 1/Level 2 Last Update

Best Execution

1 RVs

Art. 27 of MiFID II 10/10/2016

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Checking fairness of prices when

executing orders or decisions in

OTC products

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 64(4) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

3 Use of a single venue

RTS 271

Art. 24(1) of MiFID II

Art. 27 of MiFID II

16/12/2016

4 Accessibility of reports

RTS 27, RTS 282

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

16/12/2016

5 Latest date for publication of

reports

RTS 28

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

16/12/2016

6 MiFID II and timing of publication

of reports

RTS 27, RTS 28

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

4/4/2017

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Reports for services of order

execution and reception and transmission of orders

RTS 28

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

16/12/2016

8 Disclosure of reports to public

RTS 27, RTS 28

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

3/10/2019

9 Venue disclosure of costs RTS 27

Art. 27(3) of MiFID II 16/12/2016

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Summary of the analysis and

monitoring

RTS 28

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

16/12/2016

1 1 RTS 27 refers to the regulatory technical standards under Article 27(10)(a) of MiFID II adopted by the EC on 08/06/2016,

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/575

2 RTS 28 refers to the regulatory technical standards under Article 27(10)(b) of MiFID II adopted by the EC on 08/07/2016,

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/576

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11 Information to be published on

entities within a group

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

RTS 28

4/4/2017

12 Transactions with eligible

counterparties and RTS 27

RTS 27

Art. 27 of MiFID II

4/4/2017

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Execution policies for investment

firms or market operators operating OTFs

Art. 20 of MiFID II

Art. 27 of MiFID II 4/4/2017

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Information on passive and

aggressive orders in the context of portfolio management and RTO

Art. 27 of MiFID II

Art. 65(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

RTS 28

4/4/2017

15 Securities Financing Transactions

(SFTs)

RTS 27

Art. 1(5)(a) of MiFIR 10/07/2017

16 Application of best execution to

OTF operators Art. 27 of MiFID II 3/10/2017

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Disclosure of quality of execution

when using direct electronic access

Art. 27 of MiFID II

RTS 28 3/10/2017

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RTS 27 25/05/2018

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RFQ system to agree a trade RTS 28 3/10/2018

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RTS 27 reporting requirements for

market makers and other liquidity providers

RTS 27 28/03/2019

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Reporting for venues on the

27

RTS 27 29/05/2019

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Reporting for venues and firms on

template fields of RTS 27 and 28 if the required content is not applicable to their activities

RTS 27 and 28 29/05/2019

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quote-driven systems to have client orders executed

RTS 28 29/05/2019

24 RTS 28 reporting and third-country

execution venues RTS 28 29/05/2019 25

Classification of financial

instruments under RTS 27 if ESMA has not published any calibrated market sizes

RTS 27 11/07/2019

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Suitability and

Appropriateness

1 Suitability report: advice leading or

not to a transaction

Art. 25(6) of MiFID II

Article 54(12) of the MiFID

II Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

2 Suitability report: record of when

the advice is given

Art. 25(6) of MiFID II

10/10/2016

3 Suitability report: availability on

Art. 25(6) of MiFID II

Art. 3 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

28/3/2019

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Suitability report: provision to the

client together with the report due when carrying out an order on behalf of a client other than for portfolio management

Art. 25(6) of MiFID II

10/10/2016

5 Suitability report: advice not to buy

or sell a financial instrument Art. 25(6) of MiFID II 10/10/2016

6 Transactions on unsuitable

products

Art. 25(2) of MiFID II

10/10/2016

7 Disclosure of information by the

client on his/her financial situation

Art. 25(2) of MiFID II

Art. 54 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

8 Record keeping obligations related

to investment advice

Art. 16(6) of MiFID II

Art. 16(7) of MiFID II

Art. 25(6) of MiFID II

16/12/2016

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Periodic reporting of how the

preferences, objectives and other characteristics of the retail client

Art. 25(6) of MiFID II

Art. 60 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

18/12/2017

10 Suitability report: Use of generic

statements

Art. 25(6) of MiFID II

Art. 54(12) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

28/3/2019

Recording of

telephone conversations and electronic communications 1

Recording of internal telephone

conversations and electronic communications

Art. 16(7) of MiFID II

10/10/2016

2 Charging clients for access to

recordings Art.16(7) of MiFID II 10/10/2016

3 Monitoring of records

Art.16(7) of MiFID II

Art. 76(6) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

4 Period of record keeping Art.16(7) of MiFID II 10/10/2016

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Types of electronic

communications in scope of the requirements

Art.16(7) of MiFID II 10/10/2016

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6 Monitoring of records: control

function

16(7) of MiFID II

Art. 76 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

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Recording of telephone

conversations and electronic communications: critical or important operational function

Art.16(7) of MiFID II 10/10/2016

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Recording of telephone

conversations and electronic communications from start to end

Art.16(7) of MiFID II 10/10/2016

9 Client access to relevant internal

conversations

Art.16(7) of MiFID II

10/10/2016

10 Use of mobile devices

Art.16(7) of MiFID II

Art. 76 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

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Telephone conversations and

electronic communications that should be recorded

Art.16(7) of MiFID II

Art. 76 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

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Scope of activities covered by the

requirements in Article 16(7) of

MiFID II (1)

Art.16(7) of MiFID II 10/07/2017

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Scope of activities covered by the

requirements in Article 16(7) of

MiFID II (2)

Art.16(7) of MiFID II 3/10/2017

Record keeping

1 Encryption

Arts. 16(6), 16(7) of MiFID

II

Art. 72 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

2 Securities financing transactions

(SFTs) Art. 16(6) of MiFID II 10/11/2017

Investment advice

on an independent basis 1

Assessment and comparison of a

sufficient range of financial instruments

Arts. 24(4), 24(7)) of MiFID

II

Arts. 52, 53 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation

10/10/2016

2 - Art. 24(7) of MiFID II 3/10/2018

Underwriting and

placing

1 Various funding alternatives Art. 38(1) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation 10/10/2016

2 Information on investor clients to

be provided to issuer clients

Art. 38(1) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation 16/12/2016

3 Record Keeping Art. 43 of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation 16/12/2016

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4 Obligations relating to advice on

corporate finance strategy

Art. 38(1) of the MiFID II

Delegated Regulation 16/12/2016

Inducements

(research) 1

Use of a Research Payment

Account for

portfolio or account

Art. 24 of MiFID II

Art. 13 of the MiFID II

Delegated Directive

10/10/2016

2 Status of client money held in a

Research Payment Account

Art. 24 of MiFID II

Art. 13 of the MiFID II

Delegated Directive

16/12/2016

3 Unrequested research provided

Art. 24 of MiFID II

Art. 13 of the MiFID II

Delegated Directive

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