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ESMA issues final guidelines for sales of structured bonds, deposits

( November 30, 2015, 17:20 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Investment firms must assess suitability before selling retail clients any complex debt securities or deposits, including those incorporating derivatives or other structures that could be hard to understand, under final guidelines from the European Securities and Markets Authority (see the original proposal here). National regulators will be obliged either to apply the investor-protection measures — which are part of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive — or explain why not....

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