Key Features Of An Irish ELTIF

European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs) are the only type of funds dedicated to long-term investments that can be distributed across borders in the EU to both professional and retail investors.

The revised ELTIF Regulation¹, commonly referred to as "ELTIF 2.0", redesigns the EU regulatory framework to make ELTIFs more attractive by removing a number of existing regulatory obstacles and will enter into force in early 2024.

The Irish ELTIF offering will permit asset managers to house long-term investments in a range of legal structures which will benefit from the existing tax treatment available to Irish-domiciled regulated funds and which will also benefit from a similar supervisory framework to that afforded to Irish-domiciled qualifying investor funds. The Irish ELTIF is expected to facilitate investment by both professional and retail investors in private assets and the raising and channelling of capital towards long term investments in the real economy.