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MiFID II Repapering seminar

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24 March 2017

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WHAT ARE THE NEW MIFID II REQUIREMENTS?

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ROSS BARRETT, CAPITAL MARKETS SPECIALIST

JESS FOULDS, POLICY ADVISER

ADRIAN HOOD, REGULATORY & FINANCIAL CRIME EXPERT

FLORIAN VAN MEGEN, RETAIL MARKETS SPECIALIST


MIFID II REPAPERING SEMINAR

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Focus Areas:

• Research

• Best Execution

• Client classification and communication

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Multi‐directionality

• Transparency

• Limited Grandfather Provisions

• Resource Constraints

• MiFID I / EMIR VM Repapering

• Non‐EU Clients & Counterparties

BEST EXECUTION AND REPAPERING

Brokers

• Understanding algos

• Agreement to provide necessary information

Clients

• Information on Execution Policy

• Information on Placement Policy

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CLIENT CATEGORISATION AND PRODUCT GOVERNANCE COMMUNICATION

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* per se classification of certain clients will change (e.g. local authorities)

• consequences to existing contracts and information requirements

• requirement for opting up clients that want to treated as professional

* Target Market definitions need to be made available to intermediaries

• agreements regarding enhanced MI might become necessary - this might additions to distribution agreements

• Costs and Charges information about products and services will need to be made available (channels unclear, existing documentation might be affected)

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“Repapering” MiFID2 – Legal Checklist

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Indicative timeline for repapering project

7“Repapering” MiFID2 – Legal Checklist

June, 2017Finalising FCA Handbook expected

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Key Phases:

Dec

Scoping requirements

Legal drafting

Sending out documentation

Monitoring and recording

Notes:Implementation Phases – need to impose internal deadlines to keep the process on track. Some phases will overlap.

Likely to take much longer than anticipated – what is the plan if documentation needs a two way signature and does not come back in time?

Variables: number of documents, number of clients, resources, responsiveness of clients.

Scoping: Approx 4 - 5 months

Drafting: Approx 4-5 months1 month*

Monitoring and recording: 3 months

Gain Summer?

* Documentation should be sent in September at the latest. You may choose to send it in August so as to gain an extra month

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ExamplesNew requirementse.g. Prohibition on title transfer collateral arrangements with retail clients:Article16(10) MiFID2 and 5(5) the MiFID2 Delegated Directive. This may require a redraft of collateral provisions in documentation, either to delete references to title transfer arrangements or to replace these with equivalent security collateral provisions.

Modified requirementse.g. Complaints handling: Article 16(2) MiFID2 26 MiFID2 Delegated Regulation. Requirement previously only applied to RCs

Issues to consider

Type of consentSome provisions are mandatory that client agreement is required but do not specify how that agreement needs to be obtained. Other provisions mandate prior express consent.

Obtaining information Some provisions will require the firm to get more information from clients e.g. for municipalities. For new clients, this may be reflected in the client onboarding documentation but is not strictly a requirement as such. Getting such information from clients is part of documentation process.

Explanatory materialsThere will also need to be a range of explanatory materials for clients explaining or summarising the implications of the changes to the documentation and also explaining other changes to the way in which the services are provided or reporting takes place. This will have to be dealt with as part of documentation process.

Identify MiFID2 documentation requirements


The starting point is to identify the requirements that could impact client-facing documentation in the primary and secondary legislation (L1, L2 of MiFID2) and the draft UK implementing legislation.

New or Modified? The requirements could be entirely new or modified from MiFID1.

Specific to client classification? Do the requirements apply to retail or professional clients, or eligible counterparties?

Consent? Is express consent required?

The focus should be on provisions which require information to be provided to clients or agreed with clients. A similar analysis is needed for other documentation with third parties e.g. product manufacturers,

distributors, or service providers.


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Examples of some issues to consider

Complaints handling16(2) MiFID2 and 26 MIFID2 Delegated RegulationDISP 1.1A.10 EU in FCA CP 16/19 – July 2016

All firms must have complaints handling policies and procedures and must publish details of the process to be followed when handling a complaint. This information must also be provided to clients on request.

Client documentation (i.e. contractual) terms are unlikely to be directly impacted, however if existing agreements refer to the complaints handling process and the firm may wish to update this.

Impact on client types: All - requirement previously only applied to Retail Clients

Client asset and client money rules

Consent for the reuse of financial instruments16(8) MiFID2 and 5(1) the Delegated Directive

Explicit client consent is required for the reuse of the client's financial instruments (securities financing transactions etc) for the account of the firm or any other person. Any re-use will be restricted to the specified terms to which the client consents.The Client's/Counterparty's affirmative execution by signature or equivalent is required.

Impact on client types: All

Areas in client facing documentation most likely to be impacted by MiFID2 requirements(1)


Areas of potential impact Organisational requirements e.g. Complaints handling; notification

regarding telephone recording

Client asset and client money rules

– Removal of title transfer collateral

– Consent for reuse of assets

– Disclosures re title transfer and third party security interests

Direct electronic market access

– Requirement to document terms

– Explicit retention of MiFID2 regulatory responsibility

– Controls around client’s use and access

Information/Reporting to clients

– Greater scope of disclosure requirements

– Agreements with Professional Clients/ECPs to restrict scope of requirements where allowed

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Examples of some issues to consider

Conflicts of interest 23(2) MiFID2 and 34(4) MiFID2 Delegated RegulationSYSC 10.1.8 in FCA CP 19/19 – July 2016

MiFID2 imposes enhanced requirements on the content and detail of disclosures.

Firms must ensure that disclosure to clients is a measure of last resort that shall be used only where the effective arrangements established by the firm to prevent or manage its conflicts of interest are not sufficient to ensure that risks of damage to the interests of the client will be prevented.

There might be no direct impact of this upon client documentation, unless existing documentation refers to general disclosures and procedures that are no longer appropriate.

Impact on client types: All

Areas in client facing documentation most likely to be impacted by MiFID2 requirements(1)


Areas of potential impact Conflicts of interest e.g. Conflicts disclosures

Assessment of suitability and appropriateness e.g. For provision of services in non-complex instruments

Market transparency/Transaction Reporting

– Confidentiality waivers

– Information access

– Contractual right to refuse to transact without information

Market action/Product intervention

– Force majeure type clauses to prevent firms from being contractually obliged to breach these actions


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Determining preferred approach


Pros and Cons

Timing – replacing all client documentation with new documentation would be a ‘cleaner’ solution but may take longer. Consider using a MiFID2 compliant Annex as a short term solution?

The MiFID2 Annex with legacy documentation will be an imperfect solution. However, as a short to medium term measure, it may help to achieve the balance of complying with MiFID2 obligations, pending the renegotiation and wholesale repapering of legacy client documentation (which may be a significant, costly and time consuming exercise which, in many cases, firms will not be able to complete prior to the coming into effect of MiFID2).

There are different ways to approach the repapering:

Create an entirely new document which is MiFID2 compliant?

Amend existing documentation?

Annex to some/all existing client documentation?

A combination of the above?

A decision on how best to approach the project should be made after consideration of the pros and cons of each option.

Also beneficial to leverage off industry association initiatives where possible.

Are there any special issues for retail clients

Client outreach and communications?

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Contact details


Kikun AloLawyerT:+ 44 20 7006 4067E: [email protected] Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ, United Kingdom

Monica Sah PartnerT:+ 44 20 7006 1103E: [email protected] Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ, United Kingdom


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MIFID II REPAPERING


CHALLENGESSell Side Approach

10 top tier Sell side firms polled by Bloomberg in January 2017 plan to transfer ~2,500,000 documents to counterparts in order to be MiFID II compliant

Each Sell side organisation is employing dedicated teams of up to 30HC to conduct this outreach and anticipate this number increasing over 2017

Demonstrating regulatory compliance and delivering good client experience are key objectives

Buy Side Approach

Less than a third of Buy sides polled by Bloomberg were employing dedicated teams to receive and process these documents

Most were focused on Transaction reporting, Transparency and Research components of the regulation

Concerns regarding paperwork: 1) suboptimal routing of requests across organisations

2) managing the consistency of response

WHAT IS THE CONCERN?

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MiFID II Regulation

MiFID II Regulation

RULE INTERPRULE INTERP

MANUAL EXCHANGE OF DATA AND DOCUMENTSMANUAL EXCHANGE OF DATA AND DOCUMENTS

TRADING LINESTRADING LINES

READY TO TRADE

READY TO TRADE

ELIGBILITYELIGBILITY

DOC REQUIREMENTSDOC REQUIREMENTS

REF DATAREF DATA

Manual – therefore error prone

Lack of visibility

Poor version control

Stale reference data

Storage & document retrieval

Poor client experience

Internal stakeholder management

Demonstrating regulatory compliance


WHAT NEXT?

Understand the types of documents that will be transferred under MiFID II and the consent required

Plan resources accordingly

Integrate the repapering requirement into your project plan and timeline, considering:

• Audit trail

• Clearly defined workflow

• Visibility into progress for all internal stakeholders – requests received/sent

• Issue management

Review vendor options that could automate elements of the process

Integrate & Deliver

SEE DATA DIFFERENTLY.EXTRACT VALUE FROM VOLUME.


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