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Related provisions for COBS 15.3.3
The provisions of COBS in the table do not apply in relation to any energy market activity or oil market activity carried on by a firm which is MiFID or equivalent third country business:
COBS |
Description |
6.2 |
Describing the breadth of a firm's advice on investments |
Disclosing information about services, fees and commission - packaged products |
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Disclosure of charges, remuneration and commission |
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Suitability reports |
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Special rules for providing basic advice on a stakeholder product |
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Use of dealing commission |
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Guidance on contingent liability transaction |
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Quotations for surrender values |
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Life insurance contracts - communications to clients |
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Information to be provided in accordance with COBS 16.2.1 R and 16.3 |
The provisions of COBS in the table are unlikely to be relevant to any energy market activity or oil market activity carried on by a firm which is MiFID or equivalent third country business:
COBS |
Description |
Distance communications |
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Insurance mediation |
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Preparing product information |
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Providing product information to clients |
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Cancellation |
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Claims handling for long-term care insurance |
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Trustee firms' regime |
|
Corporate finance business |
|
Stock lending activity |
|
Pensions - supplementary provisions |
|
With-profits |
Table
A key features document for a packaged product must: |
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(1) |
Include the title: ‘key features of the [name of product]’; |
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(2) |
describe the product in the order of the following headings, and by giving the following information under those headings: |
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Heading |
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. |
The provisions of COBS in the table do not apply to a trustee firm to which this section applies:
COBS |
Description |
6.2 |
Describing the breadth of a firm's advice on investments |
6.3 |
Disclosing information about services, fees and commission - packaged products |
6.4 |
Disclosure of charges, remuneration and commission |
9.4 |
Suitability reports |
9.6 |
Special rules for providing basic advice on a stakeholder product |
16.3.9 |
Guidance on contingent liability transaction |
16.5 |
Quotations for surrender values |
16.6 |
Life insurance contracts - communications to clients |
16 Annex 1 R (1) 14 |
Information to be provided in accordance with COBS 16.2.1 R and 16.3 |
The provisions of COBS in the table are unlikely to be relevant in relation to a trustee firm to which this section applies:
COBS |
Description |
5 |
Distance communications |
13 |
Preparing product information |
14.2 |
Providing product information |
15 |
Cancellation |
17 |
Claims handling for long-term care insurance |
18.2 |
Energy market activity and oil market activity |
18.3 |
Corporate finance business |
18.4 |
Stock lending activity |
19 |
Pensions - supplementary provisions |
20 |
With-profits |