Professionelles Handelskonto

Based on the information you have provided we consider you may meet the conditions required to become an Elective Professional сlient

However, before we proceed, we would like to warn you that as a consequence of becoming an Elective Professional сlient, you will lose particular regulatory protections which would have otherwise been available to you as a Retail сlient.

You will lose the following protections:

Appropriateness Test

We will assume that you have sufficient knowledge and experience to understand and assess the risks of the relevant financial instruments. For this reason, we do not implement a test of appropriateness for your subsequent transactions.

Understanding of Risk

We will not be obliged to ensure that you understand the nature of the risks involved in any subsequent transactions in connection with the services we provide you, nor are we obliged to provide you with written risk warnings in relation to any transaction.

Terms of Business

We will be under no obligation to set out in writing the basis on which our services are provided, although it is our practice to do so. Our Terms & Conditions, and Policies, remain applicable to you to the extent they are not in conflict with your status as a Professional Client which is elaborated in the client categorisation policy and the Elective Professional Terms and Conditions .

Prior Disclosure of Charges

We are not required to inform you of the charges applicable to the services we will be providing although it is our practice to do so.

Marketing materials

Marketing materials directed at Professional Clients’ are only subject to the high level requirement that they are fair, clear, and not misleading.

CIF Investor Compensation Fund (ICF)

Only Retail Clients have access to compensation from the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund in the case where we are unable to meet our obligations.

Negative Balance Protection

Professional clients are not provided with Negative Balance Protection*
Losses may exceed deposits on a professional account.

Difference in Best Execution

For Professional Clients the relative weighting of the order execution criteria is decisive, not only total consideration (i.e. price and costs as for Retail Clients) but also the speed, the probability of execution and settlement of the order as well as scope and type of order are also to be taken into consideration).

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