The Financial Regulator is responsible for the authorisation and supervision of collective investment schemes ("CIS").
CIS are also commonly known as funds/schemes and these terms are used interchangeably throughout these pages and ancillary documents.
CIS are established for the purpose of investing the pooled funds of investors (held as units or shares) in assets in accordance with investment objectives and investment policies published in a prospectus.
There are two main categories of funds authorised by the Financial Regulator:
- UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities)
- Non-UCITS
UCITS
UCITS have their basis in EU legislation and once authorised in one Member State, may be marketed throughout the EU, without further authorisation. This is described as a EU passport. UCITS are retail investment products.
Non-UCITS
Non-UCITS are those funds authorised by the Financial Regulator which do not have a similar EU passport. Non-UCITS can be marketed to retail and institutional investors.
Statistics
In this section we show statistics relevant to Irish authorised Collective Investment Schemes:
Collective Investment Scheme Monthly Statistics
- Monthly list of authorised funds (names)
- Monthly funds data, including type of fund and summary of authorisations and revocations
These statistics are updated monthly in arrears.
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February 2010 - Collective Investment Schemes Monthly Statistics.docx