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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 65U.K.Duty of investment firms carrying out portfolio management and reception and transmission of orders to act in the best interests of the client F1...
1.Investment firms, when providing portfolio management, shall comply with the obligation under [F2rule 2.1.1. of the Conduct of Business sourcebook] to act in accordance with the best interests of their clients when placing orders with other entities for execution that result from decisions by the investment firm to deal in financial instruments on behalf of its client.
2.Investment firms, when providing the service of reception and transmission of orders, shall comply with the obligation under [F3rule 2.1.1. of the Conduct of Business sourcebook] to act in accordance with the best interests of their clients when transmitting client orders to other entities for execution.
3.In order to comply with paragraphs 1 or 2, investment firms shall comply with paragraphs 4 to 7 of this Article and Article 64(4).
4.Investment firms shall take all sufficient steps to obtain the best possible result for their clients taking into account the factors referred to in [F4rule 11.2A.2 of the Conduct of Business sourcebook]. The relative importance of these factors shall be determined by reference to the criteria set out in Article 64(1) and, for retail clients, to the requirement under [F5rule 11.2A.9 of the Conduct of Business sourcebook].
An investment firm satisfies its obligations under paragraph 1 or 2, and is not required to take the steps mentioned in this paragraph, to the extent that it follows specific instructions from its client when placing an order with, or transmitting an order to, another entity for execution.
5.Investment firms shall establish and implement a policy that enables them to comply with the obligation in paragraph 4. The policy shall identify, in respect of each class of instruments, the entities with which the orders are placed or to which the investment firm transmits orders for execution. The entities identified shall have execution arrangements that enable the investment firm to comply with its obligations under this Article when it places or transmits orders to that entity for execution.
6.Investment firms shall provide information to their clients on the policy established in accordance with paragraph 5 and [F6paragraphs 2 to 8] of Article 66. Investment firms shall provide clients with appropriate information about the firm and its services and the entities chosen for execution. F7...
Upon reasonable request from a client, investment firms shall provide its clients or potential clients with information about entities where the orders are transmitted or placed for execution.
7.Investment firms shall monitor on a regular basis the effectiveness of the policy established in accordance with paragraph 5 and, in particular, shall monitor the execution quality of the entities identified in that policy and, where appropriate, correct any deficiencies.
Investment firms shall review the policy and arrangements at least annually. Such a review shall also be carried out whenever a material change occurs that affects the firm's ability to continue to obtain the best possible result for their clients.
Investment firms shall assess whether a material change has occurred and shall consider making changes to the execution venues or entities on which they place significant reliance in meeting the overarching best execution requirement.
A material change shall be a significant event that could impact parameters of best execution such as cost, price, speed, likelihood of execution and settlement, size, nature or any other consideration relevant to the execution of the order.
8.This Article shall not apply where the investment firm that provides the service of portfolio management or reception and transmission of orders also executes the orders received or the decisions to deal on behalf of its client's portfolio. [F8In those cases, Articles 64 and 66 of this Regulation F9... shall apply.]
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F1Words in Art. 65 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1403), regs. 1(3), 48(2)(a) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 65(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1403), regs. 1(3), 48(2)(b) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 65(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1403), regs. 1(3), 48(2)(b) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 65(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1403), regs. 1(3), 48(2)(c)(i) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 65(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1403), regs. 1(3), 48(2)(c)(ii) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 65(6) substituted (1.12.2021) by The Markets in Financial Instruments (Capital Markets) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/774), regs. 1(3), 3(11)(a)(i)
F7Words in Art. 65(6) omitted (1.12.2021) by virtue of The Markets in Financial Instruments (Capital Markets) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/774), regs. 1(3), 3(11)(a)(ii)
F8Words in Art. 65(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1403), regs. 1(3), 48(2)(e) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 12(r)) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 65(8) omitted (1.12.2021) by virtue of The Markets in Financial Instruments (Capital Markets) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/774), regs. 1(3), 3(11)(b)
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