Article 78
1.
Member States shall require that an investment company and, for each of the common funds it manages, a management company draw up a short document containing key information for investors. That document shall be referred to as ‘key investor information’ in this Directive. The words ‘key investor information’ shall be clearly stated in that document, in one of the languages referred to in Article 94(1)(b).
2.
Key investor information shall include appropriate information about the essential characteristics of the UCITS concerned, which is to be provided to investors so that they are reasonably able to understand the nature and the risks of the investment product that is being offered to them and, consequently, to take investment decisions on an informed basis.
3.
Key investor information shall provide information on the following essential elements in respect of the UCITS concerned:
(a)
identification of the UCITS and of the competent authority of the UCITS;
(b)
a short description of its investment objectives and investment policy;
(c)
past-performance presentation or, where relevant, performance scenarios;
(d)
costs and associated charges; and
(e)
risk/reward profile of the investment, including appropriate guidance and warnings in relation to the risks associated with investments in the relevant UCITS.
Those essential elements shall be comprehensible to the investor without any reference to other documents.
4.
Key investor information shall clearly specify where and how to obtain additional information relating to the proposed investment, including but not limited to where and how the prospectus and the annual and half-yearly report can be obtained on request and free of charge at any time, and the language in which such information is available to investors.
Key investor information shall also include a statement to the effect that the details of the up-to-date remuneration policy, including, but not limited to, a description of how remuneration and benefits are calculated, the identity of persons responsible for awarding the remuneration and benefits including the composition of the remuneration committee, where such a committee exists, are available by means of a website – including a reference to that website – and that a paper copy will be made available free of charge upon request.
5.
Key investor information shall be written in a concise manner and in non-technical language. It shall be drawn up in a common format, allowing for comparison, and shall be presented in a way that is likely to be understood by retail investors.
6.
Key investor information shall be used without alterations or supplements, except translation, in all Member States where the UCITS is notified to market its units in accordance with Article 93.
7.
The Commission shall adopt, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 112a, measures which define the following:
(a)
the detailed and exhaustive content of the key investor information to be provided to investors as referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4;
(b)
the detailed and exhaustive content of the key investor information to be provided to investors in the following specific cases:
(i)
for UCITS having different investment compartments, the key investor information to be provided to investors subscribing to a specific investment compartment, including how to pass from one investment compartment into another and the costs related thereto,
(ii)
for UCITS offering different share classes, the key investor information to be provided to investors subscribing to a specific share class,
(iii)
(iv)
for master-feeder structures, the key investor information to be provided to investors subscribing to a feeder UCITS,
(c)
the specific details of the format and presentation of the key investor information to be provided to investors as referred to in paragraph 5.
8.
In order to ensure uniform conditions of application of this Article, ESMA may develop draft implementing technical standards to determine the conditions of application of the delegated acts adopted by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 7 regarding the information referred to in paragraph 3.
Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.