Call for evidence on Impact of the inducements and costs and charges disclosure requirements under MiFID II

Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Chapter 3.

ESMA will consider all comments received by 6 September 2019.

All contributions should be submitted online at www.esma.europa.eu under the heading ‘Your input - Consultations’.

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Who should read this paper

All interested stakeholders are invited to respond to this call for evidence. This call for evidence is primarily of interest to (i) firms which are subject to Article 24(4) and (9) of MiFID II1 when providing investment services and/or ancillary services and (ii) consumer groups and investors. Item (i) of the above includes investment firms (as defined in Article 4(1)(1) of MiFID II), credit institutions when providing investment services and activities, external Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) (as defined in Article 5(1)(a) of the AIFMD2) and UCITS management companies (as defined in Article 2(1)(b) of the UCITS Directive3) when providing investment services (in accordance with Article 6(4) of the AIFMD and Article 6(3) of the UCITS Directive, respectively).