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ARTICLE · 18 SEPTEMBER 2025

Updates To The Irish UCITS Framework

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On 9 September, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a public consultation (CP161) setting out a series of changes it proposes to...

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On 9 September, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a public consultation (CP161) setting out a series of changes it proposes to make to the Central Bank UCITS Regulations and the Central Bank Guidance on performance fees for UCITS and certain types of Retail Investor AIFs (RIAIFs) (the Consultation).

The proposed amendments contemplated by the Consultation update the domestic regulatory framework applicable to UCITS and take account of policy developments since the current Central Bank UCITS Regulations were last published.

The Consultation has been published following the implementation, on 15 April 2024, of the Directive (EU) 2024/927 (AIFMD II) which amends the Directive (EU) 2009/65/EC (the UCITS Directive). The UCITS Directive was transposed into Irish law by S.I. No. 352/2011 (UCITS Regulations), providing the legislative basis for authorisation and regulation in Ireland, of Undertakings for Collective Investment in

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