INTRODUCTION
Ireland, over the last quarter of a century has become a major hub for cross-border distribution. It is one of the leading EU "exporting" jurisdictions for investment funds, for both UCITS and non-UCITS. International fund promoters from over 50 countries use Ireland as their domicile of choice for fund products and seek to access not only the European market place but also markets outside the EU including the main Asia-Pacific markets.
Ireland is the number one hedge fund centre in the world and Irish funds are distributed in over 70 countries worldwide.Wherever your fund is domiciled, it can be serviced out of Ireland – 30 languages and 28 currencies are fully supported. In particular Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea have become popular jurisdictions into which asset managers choose to market and sell their funds with particular acceptance of UCITS (the European "gold standard" product) in those markets. The Irish Stock Exchange is the leading stock exchange globally for the listing of investment funds.
Ireland is an internationally recognised jurisdiction with membership of the EU, Eurozone, OECD, FATF and IOSCO. These memberships are valued and none of these memberships will be relinquished by Ireland.
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