In the context of its review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), the European Commission (EC) posed a series of questions to CESR.
The main points in the consultation paper are the following:
Technical criteria to further distinguish within the current broad categories of clients [“other authorised or regulated financial institutions”, “locals”, “other institutional investors” (Annex II.I(1) (c), (h), (i) of MiFID)]: Part 1 of the consultation paper asks whether distinctions should be made between regulated entities for the purposes of determining which entities are to be treated as “per se” professional clients.
Public debt bodies: Part 2 of the consultation paper asks whether it is necessary to clarify, for the purposes of the client categorisation regime, whether local authorities/municipalities can be treated as public debt bodies.
Other client categorisation issues: Part 3 of the consultation paper asks whether tests of knowledge and experience should be used more widely for client categorisation than is currently the case, whether for very complex products (such as asset backed securities and non-standard OTC derivatives) the scope of the eligible counterparty categorisation should be narrowed and what standards should apply to transactions done with eligible counterparties.
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