UK:
Recent Changes To The UCITS Directive
04 September 2014
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Updated to June 2014
We last updated our publication of the
UCITS Directive to March 2013. The following is an extract from our
publication which provides the amended pages, with the changes
marked comprising:
-
the amended text inserted by the CRA
III Directive 2013/14/EU, which came into force on 20 June
2013;
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the updated text of ESMA's
Guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues which will come into
effect shortly (further to the recently published final Report on
Revision of the Provisions on Diversification of collateral in
ESMA's guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues – ESMA
2014/294); and
-
the UCITS V text adopted by the
European Parliament on 15 April 2014.
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