UCITS Directive definition
Examples of UCITS Directive in a sentence
The Management Company shall seek to ensure that such remuneration policies and practices will be consistent with sound and effective risk management and shall not encourage risk-taking inconsistent with the risk profile and constitutional documents of the UCITS and shall ensure that its actions shall comply with the UCITS Act and the ESMA Guidelines on sound remuneration policies under the UCITS Directive (ESMA/2016/575).
The requirement means that the Fund Manager, in connection with the time of evaluation of the application to enter into a fund agreement, shall have been licensed to engage in fund activities and have managed one or more funds covered by the UCITS Directive during a consecutive period of at least three (3) years.
Such common rules replace the existing provisions in CRR, Solvency II, Solvency II Regulation and the AIFMR and introduce similar rules for UCITS management companies regulated by the UCITS Directive, institutions for occupational retirement provisions falling within the scope of the IORP Directive or an investment manager or an authorised entity appointed by an institution for occupational retirement provisions pursuant to article 32 of the IORP Directive.
Supplementing the existing reporting requirements are provisions on investor transparency when entering into a securities financing transaction and total return swap.296 These provisions are closely linked to the AIFMD and the UCITS Directive and requires fund managers to provide pre-contractual and periodical information to investors in relation to the risks associated with the use of 291 Article 4 (1) SFTR.
This does not purport to be a legal interpretation of the Regulations and the corresponding provisions of the UCITS Directive legislation.