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Personal investors (also known as 'retail clients') are client organisations or individuals who cannot meet both (i) one or more of the professional client criteria laid down in Annex II to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/39/EC), and (ii) one or more of the qualified investor criteria set out in Article 2 of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC).
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If you are a professional investor (also known as a 'professional client') but would like to be categorised as a personal investor, this is allowed but it doesn't necessarily mean you can refer any complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service and you may not be eligible for compensation under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
The definition of a professional client comes from the MiFID directive which provides definitions for professional and retail clients as well as eligible counterparties.
MiFID adopts two main categories of client: retail and professional. There is a separate and distinct third category for a limited range of business: eligible counterparty (ECP) has the lowest level of protection under MiFID.
Professional clients are those who may be deemed to possess the experience, knowledge and expertise to make their own investment decisions and properly assess the risks associated thereto. The list below taken from the official Journal of the European Union (L 145/44 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004) should be understood as including all authorised entities carrying out the characteristic activities of the entities mentioned: entities authorised by a Member State under a Directive, entities authorized or regulated by a Member State without reference to a Directive, and entities authorised or regulated by a non-Member State:
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