(6)The total remuneration of staff members depends typically on the contribution that those staff members make to the successful achievement of the investment firm’s business objectives. That remuneration thus depends on the responsibilities, duties, abilities and skills of staff members and on the performance of staff members and the investment firm. Where a staff member is awarded a total remuneration which exceeds a certain threshold, it is reasonable to presume that such remuneration is linked to that staff member’s contribution to the investment firm’s business objectives and is therefore related to the impact of the staff member’s professional activities on the risk profile of the investment firm or of the assets that it manages. It is therefore appropriate to apply quantitative criteria related to the total remuneration of a staff member, both in absolute and relative terms, to other members of staff within the same investment firm to determine whether the professional activities of such staff member could have a material impact on the investment firm’s risk profile or that of the assets it manages.