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Article 33Article 33 Conflicts of interest potentially detrimental to a client (Article 16(3) and Article 23 of Directive 2014/65/EU) For the purposes of identifying the types of conflict of interest that arise in the course of providing investment and ancillary services or a combination thereof and whose existence may damage the interests of a client, including his or her sustainability preferences, investment firms shall take into account, by way of minimum criteria, whether the investment firm or a relevant person, or a person directly or indirectly linked by control to the firm, is in any of the following situations, whether as a result of providing investment or ancillary services or investment activities or otherwise:
(a)
the firm or that person is likely to make a financial gain, or avoid a financial loss, at the expense of the client;
(b)
the firm or that person has an interest in the outcome of a service provided to the client or of a transaction carried out on behalf of the client, which is distinct from the client’s interest in that outcome;
(c)
the firm or that person has a financial or other incentive to favour the interest of another client or group of clients over the interests of the client;
(d)
the firm or that person carries on the same business as the client;
(e)
the firm or that person receives or will receive from a person other than the client an inducement in relation to a service provided to the client, in the form of monetary or non-monetary benefits or services. 1. Overview
1.1 References1.2 Identified Requirements1.3 Related Standards2. Identified Requirements
3. Related Standards
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