Regulatory Requirements and Guidance
The Central Bank has issued guidance on a number of topics to assist users of the UCITS Regulations, listed below.
Publication of national provisions governing marketing requirements for UCITS
Publication of regulatory fees and charges for UCITS
UCITS Inward Marketing Requirements
UCITS Key Investor Information Document
UCITS Permitted Markets
UCITS Prospectus Disclosures
UCITS Acceptable Investment in other Investment Funds
UCITS Structured Products and Complex Trading Strategies- Prospectus Disclosure
UCITS Eligible Assets
Umbrella UCITS
Directors of UCITS Management Companies and UCITS Investment Companies - Resignation
UCITS Financial Indices
UCITS and AIF Management, Administration/Transfer Agent and Investment Management Agreements
UCITS and AIF Third Party Approval and Fund Authorisation Processes
UCITS and AIFs European Central Bank Reporting Requirements for Money Market Funds
UCITS and AIF Share Classes
UCITS Financial Derivative Instruments and Efficient Portfolio Management
Performance Fees Of UCITS and certain types of Retail Investor AIFS
UCITS Depositaries
UCITS Asset Valuation
Director Time Commitments Industry Letter
Umbrella Funds - Cash Accounts Holding Subscription, Redemption and Dividend Monies
UCITS Q&A
The UCITS Q&A sets out answers to queries likely to arise in relation to UCITS. It is published in order to assist in limiting uncertainty. It is not relevant to assessing compliance with regulatory requirements. You should check the website from time to time in relation to any matter of importance to you to see if the position has altered.
On 27 November 2023, the Central Bank published the 41st Edition of the UCITS Q&A.
The 41st Edition revises QA ID 1012, ID 1016, and ID 1088 to encompass changes enabling the ETF naming requirement at the share class level.
Further guidance on PRIIPs filing requirements can be found here.
All previous versions of the Q&A are available here.