B2C2 OTC Ltd.
MiFID II Cost and Charges Disclosure Policy

Policy

Professional Clients and Eligible Counterparties 

This costs and charges disclosure policy is provided by B2C2 OTC Limited ("B2C2", "we", "our" or "us"). 

B2C2 is required by article 24(4) of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive2014/65/EU) ("MiFID II”) to inform clients of the costs and charges for the services offered and products traded on an ex-ante (i.e. pre-trade) basis.

This disclosure document has been prepared to provide you with ex-ante information on our costs and charges where we provide investment services and activities or ancillary services as defined under MiFID II. It forms part of our ongoing efforts to provide transparency to all our clients on our business practices.

Terms not defined in this document have the meaning given to them in the B2C2 Terms of Business for Professional Clients and Eligible Counterparties (as amended from time to time). Should you require additional information in relation to a particular transaction or service, please contact your B2C2 representative.


When B2C2 enters into a transaction with you in its capacity as principal, we do not charge you for related investment services and/or ancillary services.


The following sets out estimates of maximum costs and charges that would apply for principal transactions in different categories of financial instruments under normal market conditions. The actual costs and charges may vary depending upon the circumstances specific to each transaction.


When B2C2 provides you with a price to enter into a transaction, the costs and charges associated with that transaction will be the difference between the price of that transaction and an estimated fair market valuation of the financial instrument (the "Costs and Charges"). The price of the transaction may include any of the factors set out below. The extent to which these factors are reflected in our Costs and Charges will vary depending on the nature of the financial instrument and the transaction.


Price formation in the Crypto and FX Derivatives businesses generally takes the following approach: Firstly, formation of an instrument price which considers observable market prices, executed transactions, volatility data, other market data, internal models and observable trade flows. The instrument price is the observable mid-market price. Secondly, this instrument price is adjusted by the application of Costs and Charges to form the final client price. The difference between the observable mid-market price and the final client price will therefore constitute the Costs and Charges to the client. Further details of factors that may contribute to the Costs and Charges are set out below.

Note

  1. Crypto and FX Spot transactions are both out of scope of MiFID II Costs and Charges disclosure obligations.
  2. Options costs are affected by a number of factors, including but not limited to the tenor, delta, and implied volatility of the trade.

Factors that we may take into account in determining the price of a transaction for a financial instrument, unless notified otherwise, depend upon a number of client specific and non-client specific factors and may include:

  • Product type and market in which the transaction would occur, such as:
    • the trading venue;
    • the type of order;
    • the size, maturity and direction of the transaction;
    • transparency of the market, including actionable and observable liquidity of the instrument, trading volume and available external trading venues or platforms;
    • the accessibility of third-party quotations and other pricing information;
  • internal costs, such as hedging costs, funding costs, fees including but not limited to settlement costs, capital costs and overhead ;
  • counterparty and transaction-specific factors, such as:
    • the volume, types, size, frequency or speed of trading the counterparty executes with
      B2C2 and in the market;
    • the potential market impact of the counterparty's trading activity with B2C2 and in
      the market;
    • the counterparty's credit quality, the type of and amount of collateral provided
      and B2C2’s credit exposure to the counterparty;
  • specific terms of the transaction or governing documentation;
  • the extent and nature of the counterparty's business relationship(s) with B2C2;
  • any other factors we may deem appropriate at the time of trade; and
  • applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

This list is not exhaustive, and we may take into account other factors that we consider appropriate in determining a price when we trade with you as principal.

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