Elective eligible counterparties - COBS Provision: Difference between revisions

The famous "{{cobsprov|elective ECP}}" categorisation. As you'll see from the snapshot below:

*Many {{cobsprov|per se professional client}}s are also {{cobsprov|per se eligible counterparties}} - but not all.

*Those {{cobsprov|per se professional client}}s that are not {{cobsprov|per se eligible ECP}}s - ie that are {{cobsprov|elective ECP}}s - can only be treated as {{cobsprov|ECP}}s if ''they'' have requested this categorisation. Now one might, of course, gently put that idea in such a client's head: nothing wrong with that. Politely suggesting an elective ECP might wish to think about requesting an upgrade is one thing - but one cannot unilaterally categorise an elective ECP as an ECPwithout them first requesting it.

*an "elective professional client" (ie one is able to be ugraded from retail to professional) cannot further request to be treated as an {{cobsprov|ECP}}.