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[Answer Published]\"\nanswer_id: ESMA_QA_1802\ntopic: \"Reporting to clients\"\nstatus: \"Answer Published\"\ntype: qa\ninstrument_type: qa\nauthority: ESMA\nbinding: false\nbinding_character: non_binding\nlegal_status: in_force\nregulation: \"MiFID II\"\nmifid_level3: true\nmica_level2: false\nlegal_basis: \"MiFID II\"\ndate: 16 December 2016\nsource_link: https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1802\nlifecycle: \"Answer Published\"\ntext_version: \"ESMA Q&A register, 16 December 2016\"\nsource_url: \"https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1802\"\ncheck_status: matched\nverified: true\nlast_checked: 2026-10-26\nchecked_against: \"the ESMA publication\"\nsource:\n  prepared_by: \"ESMA\"\n  published_by: \"ESMA\"\n  published_in: \"ESMA Q&A tool\"\n  evidence:\n    prepared_by: \"ESMA Answer\"\n    locator: \"ESMA Q&A entry ESMA_QA_1802: field 'ESMA Answer', no 'Answer provided by' line\"\ndocument_type: \"qa_answer\"\nlegal_nature: \"not_legislation\"\naddressees: \"not stated in the document\"\ndates:\n  published_on: \"2016-12-16\"\n  question_submitted_on: \"2016-12-16\"\n  locators:\n    published_on: \"ESMA Q&A Excel export ESMA_QA_1802, column 'Esma responses', date line\"\n    question_submitted_on: \"ESMA Q&A Excel export ESMA_QA_1802, column 'Date of submission'\"\nlifecycle_label: \"Answer Published\"\n---\n\n**Answer by ESMA, published in its Q&A tool · not legislation · published 16 Dec 2016 [Answer Published]**\n\n*Answer Published · ESMA Q&A register, 16 December 2016 · Checked against the ESMA publication on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1802)*\n\n| | |\n|---|---|\n| **Full title** | ESMA Q&A 1802 — Q&A — Post-sale reporting \\[Answer Published\\] |\n| **Prepared by** | ESMA |\n| **Published by** | ESMA, in the ESMA Q&A tool |\n| **Reference** | ESMA_QA_1802 |\n| **Document type** | Q&A |\n| **Legal nature** | Not legislation |\n| **Addressees** | Not stated in the document |\n| **Dates** | Published 16 December 2016; question submitted 16 December 2016 |\n| **Legal basis** | MiFID II |\n| **Related instruments** | None recorded |\n| **Text on this page** | Word for word — the full text of the ESMA publication |\n\n**Post-sale reporting**\n\n### Question\n\nWhen fulfilling the obligation to report on a portfolio depreciating by the 10% threshold, does the firm need to report if a portfolio value drops by more than 10% as a result of the client making cash withdrawals?\n\n***\n\n### Answer\n\n\\[ESMA 35-43 349 MiFID II Q&As on Investor protection Ch. 8, question 2\\]\n\nThe obligation is to report if the overall value of a portfolio, as evaluated at the beginning of each reporting period (usually every three months), depreciates by 10% and thereafter at multiples of 10%. When cash withdrawals are made from a portfolio, the value of the managed financial instrument or funds is reduced by the amount of the client money transferred; but the overall value of the portfolio, as evaluated at the beginning of the previous reporting period, includes the value of the cash withdrawn. So, if clients withdraw cash from a portfolio, until a periodic statement is provided that discounts the cash withdrawn, when calculating the overall value of a portfolio, to see whether the 10% thresholds are exceeded, a firm will need to take this cash into account by adding its value to the value of remaining financial instruments or funds in the portfolio.\n\n***\n\n**Source:** [ESMA original document](https://www.esma.europa.eu/publications-data/questions-answers/1802)\n"}