EBU Single Rulebook Q&A 18 March 2024 2024_7040 Alternative arrangements for variable remuneration in investment firms

Can the use of alternative arrangements for the payment of variable remuneration be approved where the use of instruments under art 32(1)(j) IFD is theoretically possible but might endanger the stability of the investment firm? The Competent Authority received a request, from an investment firms group (IF group), for the approval to use alternative arrangements under art.