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Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

Dear clients,

In provision of investment services, and namely in trading of financial instructions the UniCredit Bank applies rules set in relation to requirements given by the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council 2014/65/ES from 15th May 2014 on markets in financial instruments (“MiFID II“) and the Delegated Regulation of the Commission (EU) 2017/565 (“Delegated Regulation“), resp. of the Act No. 566/2001 Coll. on securities and investment services and changes and am endments of some acts as amended (“Act"). These rules aim to protect clients, namely in the scope of presented information, assessment of information on professional knowledge and skills of the client, its financial situation, including the relation to risks and  investment goals and on rules for referring and performance of the client´s instruction with regard to financial instruments.

According to the relevant legislation the Bank is obliged to perform the categorisation of its clients and inform them on their classification in their relevant category. The instruction on the categorisation is stated in the document:

The Bank hereby informs that you can also request the printing of the aforementioned documents and information at all the Bank's branches.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the relevant contact point at the Bank.

 

Under the Act, the Bank is obliged to inform its clients about:

  • The Bank and the investment services it provides
  • The financial instruments
  • The potential risks which may be associated with the investment service or instrument and their potential minimisation
  • The rules of handling the Client’s assets and their protection, including the institute of the Securities Dealers Guarantee Fund.

This information is summed up in the following document: Investment Services at UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky - version valid from 15th June 2023.

A detailed explanatory information on the Securities Dealers Guarantee Fund, on the conditions for providing compensation, on calculating the amount of compensation, and other particulars of the guarantee system are referred to in the document Information on the Guarantee System of the Securities Dealers Guarantee Fund.

The Bank will inform its clients about the content of contracts for the provision of investment services and about the rights and obligations of the contracting parties arising from these contractual relationships; the Bank will always do so by presenting a proposal of the relevant contract for review, always giving the client enough time to examine the contractual terms and conditions.

Under the Act, the Bank is obliged to publish for its clients its Best Execution Policy, policy of conflicts of interest and inducements, and the rules for lodging complaints and claims. These documents are available here:

Clients who invest in the Slovak family of Amundi funds have a summary of specific examples of conflicts of interest and inducements connected with such orders available at any branch of the Bank.

The Bank hereby informs that you can also request the printing of the aforementioned documents and information at all the Bank's branches.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the relevant contact point at the Bank.

 

More detailed information about individual financial instruments is referred to in separate documents in the form of product sheets, fund statutes or prospects, communication of key information or issue conditions. This information is available in printed form at all branches of the Bank as well as on its respective websites.

The Bank hereby informs that you can also request the printing of the aforementioned documents and information at all the Bank's branches.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the relevant contact point at the Bank.

Information on prices for the provision of investment services is provided in the Bank’s Price List, which is available at all branches of the Bank as well as on its websites:

The Bank’s Price List refers to the Price List of fees for the purchase, switch and redemption of units. The respective Units Price List forms an integral part of the relevant Framework Agreement on Trading in Securities and governs in particular an amount of fees that the client is obliged to pay in relation to orders concerning collective investment units. Units Price Lists are located in the section Financial instruments as per above.

The prices and fees related to the provision of an investment service not included in the Price List of Services and Products are either listed in a document concerning a specific financial instrument (e.g. a statute of a collective investment fund) or individually agreed upon within a contract for the provision of an investment service or separately before concluding each and every transaction (e.g. an individual derivative transaction).

The Bank hereby informs that you can also request the printing of the aforementioned documents and information at all the Bank's branches.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the relevant contact point at the Bank.

Business day schedule

The schedule for the accepting and processing orders during a business day and the closing of a business day are specified as follows:

Activity

Time

Accepting orders

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Registering orders

8:30 am - 5:30 pm

Closing a business day

A moment of completing the processing of registered changes based on orders by the system, not later than at 5:30 pm

Establishing the amount of the material costs spent when providing data to authorised persons

In order to establish the amount of effectively spent costs associated with the provision of the required data from the register of financial instruments and documents stored under Section 109(1) of Act No. 566/2001 on securities and investment services as amended (the “Act” or “Data from the Register”) to a person which is authorised, under Section 110(1) of the Act to request such data from the register (the “Applicant”) and which the Bank would incur if it has failed to perform its obligation imposed by the Act, namely to provide the Data from the Register, the Bank shall use the valid and effective price list for the settlement of costs of Centrálny depozitár cenných papierov, a.s.

The Bank hereby informs that you can also request the printing of the aforementioned documents and information at all the Bank's branches.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the relevant contact point at the Bank.

The Bank pursuant to the provisions of Section 17a of Act No. 256/2004 Coll., on Capital Market Undertakings, as amended, hereby announces that, it has exeeded the thresholds for following monitored investment instruments:

Illiquid instruments

Derivate type

Issuer Name

Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Allowances (EUA)

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Deliverable FX options (DO) – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 2

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Deliverable FX options (DO) – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 3

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Deliverable FX swaps (DS) – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 2

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Deliverable FX swaps (DS) – USDCZK – Maturity bucket 2

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 2

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – EURPLN – Maturity bucket 2

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – USDCZK – Maturity bucket 2

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 3

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – EURUSD – Maturity bucket 3

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – USDCZK – Maturity bucket 3

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 4

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 5

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Deliverable forward (DF)  – EURCZK – Maturity bucket 6

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Pursuant to Section §78b of Act No. 566/2001 on securities and investment services as amended, UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky, as a securities dealer publishes data in respect of transactions in shares admitted to trading on a regulated market closed outside a regulated market seated in a Member State of the European Union or a multilateral trading system seated in a Member State of the European Union under the conditions and in the scope determined by directly applicable legislation of the European Communities, implementing Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments (MiFID).

The given communication represents neither a personal investment advisory nor an investment recommendation taking into account the investor’s individual situation, particularly with regard to the investor’s expertise and experience in the field of investments or even the investor’s financial situation, investment objectives, or risk attitude.

Rates, prices, yields, appreciations, performance or other parameters achieved by individual financial instruments in the past cannot in any case serve as an indicator or guarantee of future rates, prices, yields, appreciations, performance or other parameters of these or similar financial instruments. Investments are always associated with the risk of fluctuations in value and it is not guaranteed that the actual return will correspond to the expected return; the investor also bears the credit risk of the financial instrument issuer. Financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies are also exposed to fluctuations following from the changes in foreign exchange rates, which can have both positive and negative influence, in particular on their rates, prices, appreciations or yields resulting therefrom. Other information on the risks is available in the document Investment Services at UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s, pobočka zahraničnej banky.

The relevant communication does not represent special information on an investment services provider, its services, protection of client’s assets, risks, etc. according to the relevant legal regulations. This information is available in the document Investment Services at UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky.

Before you decide to invest, please be informed of the respective sales prospectus of the financial instrument. Further, please become familiar with the legislative framework of the investment, foreign exchange restrictions and tax consequences of the investment. Potential liability to tax depends on the investor’s personal circumstances and it may vary.

All the information used when creating the text or contained in the text comes from or is based on sources considered reliable by UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky. Despite exercising all care with respect to the content and verification of such information, UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., pobočka zahraničnej banky, cannot guarantee the correctness, accuracy and completeness of such information.

 

 

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