By: Kai Zhang, Philip J. Morgan, Andrew J. Massey, and Hazel Doyle
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final rules for the UK’s Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) (see our prior blogs here and here which discuss eligibility and the expected OFR launch timetable).
Read MoreBy: Áine Ní Riain, Aoife Maguire, Gayle Bowen, and Philip Morgan
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released updated information and, together with HM Treasury, a “roadmap,” on the UK’s Overseas Funds Regime (OFR). It intends to accept applications from new funds (i.e. those not in the Temporary Marketing Permissions Regime (TMPR)) from September 2024. This is a welcome development for managers of new EEA UCITS that are not currently able to access the UK retail market.
Read MoreBy: Shane Geraghty, Aoife Maguire, Andrew Massey, Philip Morgan, and Courtney Hunter
The UK’s overseas funds regime has been in development for several years and is finally close to becoming a reality. It will create a more streamlined method by which non-UK funds given “equivalence” status may be marketed to UK retail investors.
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