Funds and asset management—general

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This Overview provides a guide to the Financial Services content within the Funds and asset management—general subtopic, with links to appropriate materials. This comprehensive subtopic contains guidance on fund and fund manager regimes, fund structures and fund vehicles, as well as on certain related regulatory regimes that are relevant to funds and fund managers.

Further specific content is set out in the other subtopics for the Investment Funds and Asset Management topic—see:

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    UK AIFM regime—overview

  2. •

    UCITS—overview

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    Collective investment schemes (CIS)—overview

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    Depositaries, custody and prime brokerage—overview

  5. •

    Shari'ah funds—overview

  6. •

    International funds guides—overview

Practical guidance on fund and fund manager regulatory regimes and fund structures and vehicles is set out in: Funds collection, which includes Practice Notes from the Investment funds and asset management topic and the following materials: Funds—glossary of terms and Funds collection—Precedents.

Key fund and manager regimes

The main legislative frameworks applicable to UK investment funds and their managers are:

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    the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) regime, derived from the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EU) (AIFMD). See Practice Note: UK regulation of alternative investment fund managers—essentials

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