Methods for measuring the reception and transmission of orders in COH
Article 7
1. For the purposes of calculating K-COH in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033, where an investment firm receives and transmits a client order, that order shall be included at the point in time at which the investment firm transmits the order to another investment firm or executing broker. 2. An investment firm shall not include orders received and transmitted in the measurement of COH where it brings together two or more investors to bring about a transaction between those investors, such as in the case of corporate finance or private equity transactions. 3. Where an investment firm includes in the measurement of COH orders received and transmitted, it shall use the price contained in the orders. Where no price is contained in the orders, including where these are limit orders, the investment firm shall use the market price of the financial instrument at the day of transmission. 4. Buying and selling interests brought together by an investment firm for the purposes of operating a Multilateral or an Organised Trading Facility as set out in Article 4(1), points 22 and 23, of Directive 2014/65/EU shall not be included in the measurement of COH.