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Asset Management and Investment Funds Publications

Read our briefing notes, updates and articles on the main issues affecting the Irish and European investment fund industry.

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Matheson's Asset Management and Investment Funds Department produces updates and briefing notes on the main issues affecting the Irish and European investment fund industry, together with information on Ireland as an international fund domicile and establishing investment funds in Ireland, which may be downloaded below.

Updates

Updates - provide key information on the latest legal and regulatory developments impacting the investment funds industry.
Department Finance Consultation - Funds Sector 2030 A Framework for Open, Resilient & Developing Markets PDF | 7 MB Commission Answers ESAs’ Queries on Implementation of the SFDR PDF | 1 MB Continued Regulatory Focus on Governance and Substance PDF | 4 MB Central Bank of Ireland Dear Chair Letter on Liquidity Risk Management - July 2021 PDF | 406.00 KB The Irish Investment Limited Partnership - March 2021 PDF | 1.00 MB Central Bank of Ireland Proposed Guidance on Outsourcing - July 2021 PDF | 360.00 KB Cross Border Distribution of Funds - July 2021 PDF | 557.00 KB Sustainable Finance Next Steps for Investment Funds - July 2021 PDF | 389.00 KB Central Bank of Ireland Introduces Macroprudential Measures for Property Funds PDF | 4 MB Streamlined Procedures for UCITS and RIAIFs Announced by Central Bank of Ireland - October 2018 PDF | 1 MB The Securitisation Regulation an its Impact on UCITS and AIFs - August 2018 PDF | 370 KB European Commission Review of the AIFMD - June 2020 PDF | 626 KB European Commission Proposals on Sustainable Finance - July 2018 PDF | 644 KB Irish Central Bank Publishes Consultation on Fund Management Company Effectiveness - September 2019 PDF | 111 KB European Commission Proposals on Asset Segregation - July 2018 PDF | 371 KB Implications of Brexit for Asset Managers and Investment Funds - May 2017 PDF | 89 KB Central Bank of Ireland Announces Enhancements to Irish Loan Originating Funds Regime - February 2018 PDF | 495 KB Central Bank of Ireland Issues Revised Guidance on the Use of Financial Indices by UCITS - October 2018 PDF | 484 KB ESMA Opinion on UCITS Share Classes - January 2017 PDF | 650 KB EU Money Market Fund Reform Regulation Finally Published - July 2017 PDF | 179 KB Central Bank of Ireland Publishes Updated UCITS Rules - June 2019 PDF | 153 KB New ESMA Guidance on UCITS KIID Disclosures - October 2019 PDF | 134 KB The Securitisation Regulation and its Impact on UCITS and AIFs - August 2018 PDF | 370 KB Central Bank of Ireland Review of Closet Indexing - July 2019 PDF | 164 KB European Commission Proposals on Sustainable Finance - July 2018 PDF | 644 KB European Commission Proposals on Asset Segregation - July 2018 PDF | 371 KB Central Bank of Ireland Consults on changes to Central Bank UCITS Regulations - April 2018 PDF | 71 KB Updated Central Bank Guidance on Financial Indices - September 2019 PDF | 105 KB Bank_Loan UCITS Could Present Future Growth Opportunity - December 2018 PDF | 239 KB Implications of Brexit for Asset Managers and Investment Funds - May 2017 PDF | 89 KB

Briefing Notes

Briefing Notes - provide comprehensive overviews on establishing various types of investment funds, the available fund vehicles and the applicable regulatory regimes.
Establishing a Structured Fund in Ireland PDF | 1 MB Establishing a Common Contractual Fund in Ireland PDF | 1 MB Establishing a Private Equity Fund in Ireland PDF | 3 MB Establishing an Exchange Traded Fund in Ireland PDF | 3 MB Ireland as an International Fund Domicile PDF | 5 MB ILP Key Features PDF | 396 KB Establishing a UCITS in Ireland - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 7 MB Irish Loan Origination Investment Funds - AIF Briefing Note PDF | 426 KB Establishing a Qualifying Investor AIF in Ireland PDF | 8 MB AIFMD: Third Country Regime PDF | 199 KB AIFMD: Overview PDF | 160 KB AIFMD: Valuation PDF | 138 KB AIFMD: Remuneration PDF | 149 KB AIFMD: Disclosure and Reporting Requirements PDF | 138 KB AIFMD: Depositaries PDF | 80 KB AIFMD: Delegation PDF | 142 KB AIFMD: Member State of Reference PDF | 202 KB AIFMD: Non-EU Managers Marketing non-EU AIFs PDF | 143 KB AIFMD: Non-EU Managers Marketing EU AIFs PDF | 139 KB AIFMD: EU AIF Appointing a non-EU Manager PDF | 135 KB Ireland as a Fund Domicile - AIF Briefing Note PDF | 487 KB UCITS Organisation of Self-Managed Investment Companies - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 2 MB UCITS Organisation of Management Companies - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 2 MB UCITS V Sanctions - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 145 KB UCITS V Overview - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 82 KB UCITS V Factsheet on Remuneration - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 154 KB UCITS V Depositaries - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 159 KB The UCITS Marketing Passport - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 575 KB The UCITS Management Company Passport - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 529 KB Key Investor Information Document Q&A - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 572 KB Ireland as a Fund Domicile - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 487 KB UCITS Mergers and Master Feeder Structures - UCITS Briefing Note PDF | 153 KB