PRIIPs
The EU regulation for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) came into force on January 1, 2018. It requires banks, asset managers and insurers who are producing or selling such products to provide Key Information Documents (KIDs) to their retail investors before they may enter into a contract. The main aim is to standardize the communication of essential features of the PRIIP, its risk and reward profile and associated costs so that the retail investors may have increased comparability and transparency.