EFAMA joins calls to fix PRIIPs failings 'as soon as possible'

‘Causing serious detriment’ to investors

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The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has become the latest industry body to call for urgent action from European regulators on PRIIPs Key Investor Documents (KIDs), after publishing a study which found the data requirements are "causing serious detriment" to investors.

In its latest attack on the regulation, which came into force on 1 January, the European funds trade body said PRIIPs' KIDs data requirements, particularly in relation to performance and costs, "at best confuse [investors] and at worst mislead them". Boards of Baillie Gifford trusts write to FCA on misleading KIDs The European Union's Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) regulation is aimed at helping retail investors better understand and compare the key features, risks, rewards and costs of different products through a short Key Information Document (KID)...

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