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ARTICLE · 18 JULY 2022

PRIIPs - Are You Actively Managing It?

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Investor protection is a cornerstone element of Regulation within the financial services industry. The safeguarding of retail clients, in particular, was certainly on top of the agenda...

MaltaFinance and Banking
Alex Azzopardi
Alex Azzopardi
Gilbert Grech
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Asset Managers must comply with the recently updated multidisciplinary PRIIPs requirements soon! How actively is your organisation managing this?

Investor protection is a cornerstone element of Regulation within the financial services industry. The safeguarding of retail clients, in particular, was certainly on top of the agenda for the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs") whilst planning the regulatory retail investment strategy aimed at giving EU citizens the necessary tools and the required confidence to invest in the capital markets. This is certainly an important consideration for investors themselves.

Investors will feel more confident investing, if they feel that they are adequately safeguarded by as many components of the financial eco-system as possible. Several works have been undertaken on this front but in this article, we focus on Regulation 1286/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and the Commission

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