(10)Being in the same remuneration bracket as senior management or risk takers may also be an indicator that the staff member’s professional activities have a material impact on the investment firm’s risk profile or that of the assets it manages. For that purpose, the remuneration paid to staff in control functions, support functions and members of the management body in its supervisory function should not be taken into account. In the application of this quantitative criterion, the fact that payment levels differ across jurisdictions should be also taken into account. Investment firms should be allowed to demonstrate that staff members who fall within the remuneration bracket, but do not meet any of the qualitative or other quantitative criteria, do not have a material impact on the investment firm’s risk profile or that of the assets it manages, taking into account all risks to which the investment firm is or may be exposed.