In investment firms of significant importance in terms of their size and according to criteria relating to the level of remuneration of the individual, the payment of a portion at least equal to 40% of the variable part of the total remuneration is deferred for a period of three to five years. The duration of the deferral is set taking into account the length of the investment firm’s business cycle, the nature of its business, the risks to which it is exposed and the activity of the person concerned within the investment firm.
Within these same firms, for particularly high variable remuneration, the payment of at least 60% of the variable part is deferred for a period of three to five years.
An order of the Minister for the Economy specifies the criteria for materiality and the criteria for the level of remuneration of the person according to which investment firms are required to meet the obligations of the first two paragraphs.
In all cases, remuneration which has been deferred in accordance with the first two paragraphs shall not be acquired more quickly than on a pro rata temporis basis.