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