OpenKID Format

OpenKID is an open standard aimed to simplify the sharing of information between counterparties (manufacturers and distributors) involved in the dissemination of PRIIPs KIDs.

The context is the following: with the new regulation EU No 1286/2014 manufacturers and distributors will responsible for the generation and the delivery to retail investors of pre-contractual Key Investment Documents (the KIDs) for any Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance-Based investment product (the PRIIP). The new KIDs will also contain sections dependent on market conditions and for such reason PRIIPs must be monitored and eventually KIDs will be updated in order to reflect new market conditions.

Distributors may distribute products from several manufacturers and they must be able to provide investors the latest versions of any KID document.

Exemplification of interaction between Manufacturers, Distributors and Retail Investors.

From the point of view of the distributor, it may become complex and expensive having to manage several distribution technologies, for this reason there will be the opportunity for some market data players to provide KID distribution and providing services. On the other hand, if manufacturers and distributors would agree on a standard about the representation of KIDs repository which any manufacturer could implement, even if a distributor will be required to access several repositories (one for each manufacturer), any the repository will share the same structure. This will provide several advantages.

OpenKID is a format for the representation of KIDs repository. The goals and advantages of OpenKID are the following:

Please find here the current version of the OpenKID format definition. Here you can find details about xml format. If you like to share ideas and contribute to the standard specifications please write to kid@fairmat.com.

On our github repository https://github.com/fairmat/OpenKID you can also find examples of repositories and code snippets to retrieve information from the repositories.

Click here for a live demo a client who is able to retrieve data from any KID repository.

The OpenKID format desingned for helping issuers and distributors: If you are a player (manufacturer/distributor/provider) involved in the PRIIPs/KIDs regulation implementation please contact us, we need the feedback and the contribution of as many parties as possible.