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In the area of MiFID II cost transparency, WMACCESS provides extensive historical cost data in various WM fields, including JV001 (Entry costs), JV002 (Exit costs), JV003 (Running incremental costs per calendar year) and JV005 (Periodical total fund costs). This cost data has been continuously incorporated into the WMACCESS database since the end of 2017 and made available to our customers for retrieval.

Due to the very large volume of data and the actual usage by our customers, we will adjust the scope of the historical data available for certain WM fields in the future.

Future scope of data history

In future, the history of MiFID II cost transparency data for the WM fields JV001, JV002 and JV003 will cover the current calendar year as well as the four preceding calendar years.

Background to the adjustment

Analyses of usage show that the vast majority of queries focus on data from the current year and the immediately preceding year. Demand for data from earlier calendar years decreases significantly.

By adjusting the available data history, we can manage data storage more efficiently while continuing to fully cover the requirements of most use cases.

Archiving of older data

As part of this change, cost data from 2021 and earlier years will soon be archived. These data will subsequently no longer be available for retrieval via WMACCESS.

Such archiving of older data will take place annually in the future, ensuring that only the current calendar year and the four preceding calendar years remain available in the system.

Unchanged data availability for JV005

The limitation of the data history described above applies exclusively to the WM fields JV001, JV002 and JV003. The provision of historical data for the WM field JV005 (Total Fund Costs, Period-related) remains unchanged.

WM Datenservice informed in Special Information F09/2026 dated 19.02.2026 about the change in the industry standard classification system at EU level as part of NACE Revision 2.1 and announced related changes to the existing data deliveries. This is due to the resulting adjustments in the German classifications of the Classification of Economic Activities WZ2025 (Federal Statistical Office) and the customer classification system (Deutsche Bundesbank).

Implementation will take place using new data fields which, in addition to the aforementioned systems, also include the sector customer classification system in accordance with the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010).

These new data fields will become effective as part of an interim release by WM Datenservice on 23 March 2026. We would like to inform you in advance about the upcoming changes and the corresponding impact in WMACCESS:

New field in the query profile Securities master data (G)

• GV2B1 Industry Classifications

New fields in the query profile Issuer data (M)

• MD213D WM Industry Classification
• MD213E NACE 2.1
• MD213F WZ2025
• MD213G Industry Customer Classification System
• MD213H Industry Customer Classification System According to the European System of Accounts

The functional field descriptions for the specified WM fields will be available shortly in wmGuide.

Update 06.03.2026:
Starting today, the functional field descriptions and the key values of the associated WM tables Z42, Z43, Z44, Z45, and Z46 are available in wmGuide.

Further information from WM Datenservice:

• Customer information K02/2026 from 05.02.2026
  Transition to NACE version 2.1
  (Delay in the implementation of NACE)
• Customer information K05/2026 from 27.02.2026
  Interim Release (GAT) for the 110th Release Effective Monday, 23 March 2026 - Final Version
• Special information F09/2026 from 19.02.2026
  Change in industry classifications

Note:

Please note that all customer and special information from WM Datenservice are password protected since 16.04.2012. If you do not have your login data available or not known, please contact WM Datenservice via E-Mail.

As already announced in our news from 14.03.2025, WM Datenservice will discontinue the data delivery of the list of Stopped Securities in VF1 format. From this date onwards, no further updates to the list will be provided via data feed.

At the explicit request of WM customers, WM Datenservice has postponed the deadline once again to 30.04.2026.

For WMACCESS users, this means:

• The status of the List of Stopped Securities as of April 30, 2026 will remain available for retrieval in WMACCESS until further notice.
• The name of the query profile will be renamed to "Invalidated Securities, fixed 30.04.2026".
• Changes from May 4, 2026 (new stopped securities, deletions, additions) will no longer be available via WMACCESS.

WMACCESS users who require ongoing updates on stopped securities must obtain them directly from WM Datenservice. In the password-protected product area "WM-HefteOnline", WM Datenservice will continue to provide the new complete and supplementary lists as PDFs. Additionally, a machine-readable CSV file will be made available.

Further information from WM Datenservice:

• Customer Information K03 from February 17, 2026
  List of stopped securities - Discontinuation of delivery in VF1 - postponement of the adjustment

The following adjustments are currently being rolled out and will be available to all users by the beginning of next week.

Support for the new WM fields ID941 - ID947

With the 109th WM Release, new WM data fields for the liquidity management tools (ID941 - ID947) are introduced in the WM Product Investment Fund Prices (IFP). WMACCESS has been adjusted accordingly to ensure that searches and filtering continue to work correctly when using these new fields.

Restriction for "Print all pages" in large result lists

The toolbar function previously allowed users to print all pages of a result list regardless of its size.

In very large result lists, this could lead to excessive memory usage and, in some cases, browser crashes. To avoid such problems, the option "Print all pages" is now only available when the result list contains no more than 10,000 entries.

This change helps to ensure stable performance and prevents technical issues during printing.

In 2025, we once again continued our commitment to the open-source community. This year, we financially supported four selected open-source projects that play an important role in the stable and secure operation of WMACCESS.

For more details about our open-source activities, please visit our GitHub page. An overview of the supported projects is available under Open-Source-Support-2025.

Finally, we would like to express our sincere thanks to the entire open-source community - for its ongoing dedication, technical excellence, and invaluable contribution to the advancement of modern software solutions.

On February 23, 2026 the 109. WM Release will become effective. We would like to inform you about some upcoming alterations beforehand and corresponding impacts in WMACCESS.

New fields in the query profile Securities Static Data (G)

• GD066 Strike I
• GD067 Strike Adjustment Date
• GD068 Strike II
• GD069 Strike II Adjustment Date
• GD664H Identification of Instruments related to German Shares
• GD664I CVR / ESCROW Identifier
• GV1R1 LMT Master Data Information

New fields in the query profile Investment fund prices (I)

• ID941 LMT - Dual Pricing Net Asset Value (NAV) per Unit for Issues
• ID942 LMT - Dual Pricing Net Asset Value (NAV) per Unit for Redemptions
• ID943 LMT - Extension of Notive Period
• ID944 LMT - Redemption Fee
• ID945 LMT - Anti-Dilution Levy
• ID946 LMT - Redemption in Kind
• ID947 LMT - Net Asset Value (NAV) per Fund according to KARBV

New field in query profile Fund Classifications / AIF

• GD664J Investments in a Capital Investment Company pursuant to Section 26 No. 6 Sentence 2 Investment Tax Act (INVSTG)

Frozen field

On February 23, 2026, the following data fields will be frozen by WM Datenservice:

• XV246 Further quotation currencies

The field will be removed from the detailed display of the query profile Stock Exchange Eligibilities (X).

Further information from WM Datenservice:

• Customer information K21a/2025 from 16.12.2025
  109th Release, effective Monday, February 23, 2026
• Customer information K01/2026 from 14.01.2026
  Introduction of new liquidity management instruments and their depiction in the GAT as well as IFP products
• Special information F35/2025 from 04.12.2025
  WM data on the "Act to modernize the relief from withholding tax and the certification of capital gains tax" (AbzStEntModG) - Identification of instruments related to German shares
• Special information F36/2025 from 04.12.2025
  WM data on holdings in a corporation pursuant to section 26 no. 6 sentence 2 of the German Investment Tax Act (InvStG)
• Special information F28a/2025 from 29.12.2025
  Supplementary information on Special Information issue F28 dated 2 September 2025 (Conversion of NACE to version 2.1)
• Customer information K02/2026 from 05.02.2026
  Transition to NACE version 2.1
  (Delay in the implementation of NACE)
• Special information F37/2025 from 29.12.2025
  Financial instruments from multiissuers - Future representation in the WM data (Affects GD240, GD260, GD270A and GV939)
• Special information F01a/2026 from 26.01.2026
  Warrants - Depiction of regular threshold adjustments in GD066 - GD069 (Replaces Special Information F01 of 8 January 2026)
• Special information F08/2026 from 16.02.2026
  Data for identifying financial instruments with knock-out function (turbo certificates)

Note:

Please note that all customer and special information from WM Datenservice are password protected since 16.04.2012. If you do not have your login data available or not known, please contact WM Datenservice via E-Mail.

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