Update to Streamlined Filing Process for UCITS and AIFs following publication of ESMA’s guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms.

The Central Bank has updated its streamlined filing process to reflect implementation of ESMA’s Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (Guidelines). 

This will result to an ability, in addition to changes to fund names, to incorporate minor changes to disclosure in the offering documentation and pre-contractual documentation made solely for the purpose of bringing the fund into compliance with the Guideline requirements. 

The process for making such filings is are set out in the Central Bank’s process clarification document here.