Debt Capital Markets · glossary

Key information document

A short paper in a fixed form that lets a saver compare products. The PRIIPs Regulation requires one before a PRIIP is sold to retail investors in the European Economic Area. None was prepared for the Notes, so a legend in the Prospectus bars those sales. Prospectus, Important Notice · Chapter 8 · see PRIIP

Explained in Chapter 8, Professional Investors Only: PRIIPs, the MiFID II Target Market and Selling Restrictions, of Debt Capital Markets.

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How it comes up, in Chapter 8
PRIIP stands for packaged retail and insurance-based investment product. Broadly, it is an investment whose payout moves with something outside it, such as market rates. The PRIIPs Regulation requires a key information document for any PRIIP sold to retail investors in the European Economic Area. That is a short paper in a fixed form, written so that a saver can compare products.
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