Can the manager of a Fund of Funds (FoF) charge performance fees?

Where a manager applies an additional reference indicator to the performance fee model (e.g.: a hurdle rate on top of the High-Water Mark model or the benchmark model), should the minimum performance reference period be applied to the additional reference indicator?

Where a manager applies an additional reference indicator to the performance fee model (e.g.: a hurdle rate on top of the High-Water Mark model or the benchmark model), should the minimum performance reference period be applied to the additional reference indicator?

Assuming that the investor disclosure requirements are predefined in legal documents and agreements, is it possible to select two client categories for a professional client (such as per se eligible counterparty and professional client)?

Does the new requirement under Article 29(1a) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (CSDR), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/2845 (CSDR Refit), apply to all issuers to whom a CSD provides services?

Does the requirement also apply to issuers of securities in paper form, if the CSD provides ancillary services to those issuers?

Does the obligation for issuers to obtain and transmit to the CSD a valid legal entity identifier (LEI) apply only to new issuers to whom the CSD provides services, i.e. after the date of entry into force of the requirement?