The regulation library
Plain-language practitioner summaries of the instruments that govern funds across the world's prominent fund jurisdictions — the EU directives, the national fund laws, and the offshore and Middle-East regimes underneath them. Each page maps one law: what it actually does, its key provisions with the practical point, its amendment history, and every claim linked to the primary text.
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Luxembourg EU
- The AIFM Law (Luxembourg, 12 July 2013)
What the 2013 AIFM Law does — the registered/authorised split at €100m/€500m, operating conditions, delegation and depositary duties, and the AIFMD II changes landing from April 2026 — every claim linked to the law.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The RAIF Law (Luxembourg, 23 July 2016)
What the Luxembourg RAIF Law actually says — scope, the no-CSSF-approval mechanism, eligible investors, risk spreading, tax election, amendment history — summarised with every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The SICAR Law (Luxembourg, 15 June 2004)
What the SICAR Law does — a risk-capital-only mandate with no risk-spreading obligation, well-informed investors (€100,000 post-2023), and a favourable tax regime — every claim linked to the law.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The SIF Law (Luxembourg, 13 February 2007)
What the SIF Law actually does — scope, the €100,000 well-informed investor, risk spreading (now reframed by CSSF 25/901), the 0.01% subscription tax, and its amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The UCI Law (Luxembourg, 17 December 2010)
What the 2010 UCI Law actually does — the Part I UCITS / Part II split, the 5/10/40 investment limits, the EUR 1.25m minimum, the FCP vs SICAV forms, the 0.05% / 0.01% subscription tax, and its amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-14
EU layer EU
- AIFMD
What AIFMD does — authorises the manager, sets operating conditions, leverage, delegation, reporting and the marketing passport — and what AIFMD II changed from 16 April 2026: harmonised liquidity tools and a loan-origination framework. Every claim linked to the directive.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - ESMA Guidelines on funds' names using ESG or sustainability terms
What the ESMA fund-names Guidelines actually require — the 80% investment threshold for any fund whose name uses ESG or sustainability terms, the PAB vs CTB exclusion split by term category, and who is in scope — every claim linked to the ESMA Guidelines.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The ELTIF Regulation
What the ELTIF does — the EU's retail-passportable long-term-asset fund, how ELTIF 2.0 opened it to retail and to open-ended structures, and the RTS that set the liquidity terms — every claim linked to the regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The EuSEF Regulation (EU No 346/2013)
What the EuSEF Regulation actually does — the voluntary EU label and marketing passport for qualifying social entrepreneurship funds, the 70% social-undertaking test, the social-impact measurement duty, and the sub-€500m registration route — every claim linked to the consolidated regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The EuVECA Regulation (EU No 345/2013)
What the EuVECA Regulation actually does — the voluntary EU label and marketing passport for qualifying venture capital funds, the 70% qualifying-investment test, the sub-€500m registration route, and the 2017 opening to larger managers — every claim linked to the consolidated regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The UCITS Directive
What UCITS does — the EU retail fund regime, eligible assets, the 5/10/40 diversification rule, the single depositary, the retail passport, and the 2026 liquidity-tool changes — every claim linked to the directive.
Last verified 2026-07-07
Ireland EU
- The ICAV Act (Ireland, 2015)
What the ICAV Act does — Ireland's bespoke corporate fund vehicle, registered by the Central Bank, usable as a UCITS or an AIF, with variable capital, segregated sub-funds, and the US check-the-box advantage — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The Irish IFCMPA 2005
What the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 actually does — the Central Bank authorisation regime for Ireland's non-UCITS common contractual funds, segregated liability of sub-funds, and the CCF beneficial-ownership register — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The Irish UCITS Regulations (S.I. 352/2011)
What the 2011 UCITS Regulations actually do — the two-layer Irish framework (the transposing S.I. plus the Central Bank UCITS Regulations 2019), the eligible-asset and 5/10/40 investment rules, the legal forms, the Central Bank as authoriser, and the amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The Irish Unit Trusts Act 1990
What the Unit Trusts Act 1990 actually does — the Central Bank authorisation regime for Ireland's non-UCITS unit trust schemes, the management-company-plus-trustee structure, and how it slots into the modern Irish AIF toolkit — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-26
Malta EU
- The Malta Investment Services Act (Cap 370)
What the Malta Investment Services Act actually does — the single licensing perimeter for providing investment services in or from Malta, the MFSA's authorisation and supervisory powers, and how the fund regime hangs off it — every claim linked to the Act, with clause-level search across all 47 sections.
Last verified 2026-07-27
United Kingdom UK
- The FCA COLL sourcebook (UK)
What the FCA COLL sourcebook is — the UK's product and operating rules for authorised funds (UCITS schemes, non-UCITS retail schemes and qualified investor schemes): constitution, investment and borrowing powers, dealing and valuation, the depositary, winding up, and recognition of overseas schemes — every claim linked to the FCA Handbook.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The FCA ESG sourcebook (SDR)
What the FCA's ESG sourcebook actually requires — the TCFD climate-disclosure rules, the anti-greenwashing rule (ESG 4.3.1R), the four sustainability investment labels, the naming-and-marketing restrictions, and the consumer-facing and pre-contractual disclosures — every claim linked to the Handbook itself.
Last verified 2026-07-15 - The FCA FUND sourcebook (UK)
What the FCA FUND sourcebook is — the UK's onshored AIFMD operating conditions for full-scope UK AIFMs (transparency, leverage, delegation, depositary, valuation, marketing) plus the National Private Placement Regime for marketing non-UK funds into the UK — every claim linked to the FCA Handbook.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The Long-Term Asset Fund (UK, FCA COLL 15)
What the LTAF is — the UK's open-ended fund for illiquid long-term assets, its liquidity-matched redemption model (90-day notice, monthly dealing) and its widened retail/DC-pension access — every claim linked to the FCA rules.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Channel Islands
- The Jersey Private Fund (JPF)
What the JPF is — Jersey's 24-hour, light-touch private fund, its eligible-investor and (post-2025) uncapped-holder rules, the DSP model — every claim linked to the JFSC guide.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The Guernsey PIF Rules 2025
What the Guernsey Private Investment Fund Rules 2025 do — the QPIF and Family PIF routes, one-business-day GFSC registration, and the designated-administrator model that carries the diligence — every claim linked to the GFSC rules.
Last verified 2026-07-07
Caribbean
- The Cayman Mutual Funds Act (2021 Revision)
What the Cayman Mutual Funds Act actually requires — the open-ended fund categories (registered, administered, licensed, limited-investor), the US$100,000 minimum, and the annual audit / return — every claim linked to the law, with clause-level search across the full Act.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The Cayman Private Funds Act (2025 Revision)
What the Cayman Private Funds Act actually requires — who must register with CIMA, the 21-day trigger, the annual audit / return / fee, and the operational duties (valuation, safekeeping, cash monitoring) — every claim linked to the law, with clause-level search across the full Act.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The BVI Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA)
What SIBA actually does — the licensing perimeter for investment business in the BVI, the investment-activity / investment-business definitions that catch fund managers, and how it frames the BVI funds regime — every claim linked to the Act, with clause-level search across all 120 sections.
Last verified 2026-07-09
United States Americas
- The US Investment Advisers Act of 1940
What the Investment Advisers Act actually requires — who is an "investment adviser", SEC vs state registration, the §206 anti-fraud / fiduciary core, and the private-fund-adviser and exempt-reporting-adviser routes — every claim linked to the compiled Act, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The US Investment Company Act of 1940
What the Investment Company Act actually governs — which pooled vehicles are "investment companies", SEC registration, the governance / custody / affiliated-transaction and leverage limits that shape US funds, and why most private funds work to stay outside it — every claim linked to the compiled Act, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Singapore Asia-Pacific
- The MAS Code on Collective Investment Schemes
What Singapore's CIS Code actually requires of a retail scheme's manager, approved trustee and (for VCC schemes) VCC directors and custodian — the conduct obligations, valuation and dealing rules, and the seven investment appendices — every claim linked to the Code itself.
Last verified 2026-07-15 - The Singapore Securities and Futures Act 2001 (SFA)
What the SFA actually governs — Singapore's capital-markets statute behind fund-management (CMS / LFMC / RFMC) licensing and the collective-investment-scheme authorisation/recognition regime that MAS administers — every claim linked to the Act, with clause-level search across the SFA.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Middle East
- The DIFC Collective Investment Law 2010
What the DIFC Collective Investment Law (DIFC Law No. 2 of 2010) actually does — the DFSA-administered framework for funds in the Dubai International Financial Centre: Domestic vs Foreign Funds, the Public / Exempt / Qualified Investor Fund tiers, and the Fund Manager requirement — every claim linked to the Law, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The ADGM FSMR
What ADGM's primary financial-services statute actually does — the FSRA's powers, the Authorised Person / Recognised Body framework, and where the fund regime sits (with the Fund Rulebook underneath) — every claim linked to the Regulations, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-15 - The ADGM Fund Rulebook (FUNDS)
What the ADGM FSRA Fund Rulebook (FUNDS) actually does — the Abu Dhabi Global Market framework for funds: Domestic vs Foreign Funds, the Public / Exempt / Qualified Investor Fund tiers, the Fund Manager requirement and the investment/borrowing rules — every claim linked to the rulebook, clause-searchable across all 259 rules.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Retail funds
- The FCA COLL sourcebook (UK)
What the FCA COLL sourcebook is — the UK's product and operating rules for authorised funds (UCITS schemes, non-UCITS retail schemes and qualified investor schemes): constitution, investment and borrowing powers, dealing and valuation, the depositary, winding up, and recognition of overseas schemes — every claim linked to the FCA Handbook.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The Irish UCITS Regulations (S.I. 352/2011)
What the 2011 UCITS Regulations actually do — the two-layer Irish framework (the transposing S.I. plus the Central Bank UCITS Regulations 2019), the eligible-asset and 5/10/40 investment rules, the legal forms, the Central Bank as authoriser, and the amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The MAS Code on Collective Investment Schemes
What Singapore's CIS Code actually requires of a retail scheme's manager, approved trustee and (for VCC schemes) VCC directors and custodian — the conduct obligations, valuation and dealing rules, and the seven investment appendices — every claim linked to the Code itself.
Last verified 2026-07-15 - The UCI Law (Luxembourg, 17 December 2010)
What the 2010 UCI Law actually does — the Part I UCITS / Part II split, the 5/10/40 investment limits, the EUR 1.25m minimum, the FCP vs SICAV forms, the 0.05% / 0.01% subscription tax, and its amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The UCITS Directive
What UCITS does — the EU retail fund regime, eligible assets, the 5/10/40 diversification rule, the single depositary, the retail passport, and the 2026 liquidity-tool changes — every claim linked to the directive.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The US Investment Company Act of 1940
What the Investment Company Act actually governs — which pooled vehicles are "investment companies", SEC registration, the governance / custody / affiliated-transaction and leverage limits that shape US funds, and why most private funds work to stay outside it — every claim linked to the compiled Act, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Alternative & private funds
- The ADGM Fund Rulebook (FUNDS)
What the ADGM FSRA Fund Rulebook (FUNDS) actually does — the Abu Dhabi Global Market framework for funds: Domestic vs Foreign Funds, the Public / Exempt / Qualified Investor Fund tiers, the Fund Manager requirement and the investment/borrowing rules — every claim linked to the rulebook, clause-searchable across all 259 rules.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The Cayman Mutual Funds Act (2021 Revision)
What the Cayman Mutual Funds Act actually requires — the open-ended fund categories (registered, administered, licensed, limited-investor), the US$100,000 minimum, and the annual audit / return — every claim linked to the law, with clause-level search across the full Act.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The Cayman Private Funds Act (2025 Revision)
What the Cayman Private Funds Act actually requires — who must register with CIMA, the 21-day trigger, the annual audit / return / fee, and the operational duties (valuation, safekeeping, cash monitoring) — every claim linked to the law, with clause-level search across the full Act.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The DIFC Collective Investment Law 2010
What the DIFC Collective Investment Law (DIFC Law No. 2 of 2010) actually does — the DFSA-administered framework for funds in the Dubai International Financial Centre: Domestic vs Foreign Funds, the Public / Exempt / Qualified Investor Fund tiers, and the Fund Manager requirement — every claim linked to the Law, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The ELTIF Regulation
What the ELTIF does — the EU's retail-passportable long-term-asset fund, how ELTIF 2.0 opened it to retail and to open-ended structures, and the RTS that set the liquidity terms — every claim linked to the regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The EuSEF Regulation (EU No 346/2013)
What the EuSEF Regulation actually does — the voluntary EU label and marketing passport for qualifying social entrepreneurship funds, the 70% social-undertaking test, the social-impact measurement duty, and the sub-€500m registration route — every claim linked to the consolidated regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The EuVECA Regulation (EU No 345/2013)
What the EuVECA Regulation actually does — the voluntary EU label and marketing passport for qualifying venture capital funds, the 70% qualifying-investment test, the sub-€500m registration route, and the 2017 opening to larger managers — every claim linked to the consolidated regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The Guernsey PIF Rules 2025
What the Guernsey Private Investment Fund Rules 2025 do — the QPIF and Family PIF routes, one-business-day GFSC registration, and the designated-administrator model that carries the diligence — every claim linked to the GFSC rules.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The ICAV Act (Ireland, 2015)
What the ICAV Act does — Ireland's bespoke corporate fund vehicle, registered by the Central Bank, usable as a UCITS or an AIF, with variable capital, segregated sub-funds, and the US check-the-box advantage — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The Irish IFCMPA 2005
What the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 actually does — the Central Bank authorisation regime for Ireland's non-UCITS common contractual funds, segregated liability of sub-funds, and the CCF beneficial-ownership register — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The Irish Unit Trusts Act 1990
What the Unit Trusts Act 1990 actually does — the Central Bank authorisation regime for Ireland's non-UCITS unit trust schemes, the management-company-plus-trustee structure, and how it slots into the modern Irish AIF toolkit — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The Jersey Private Fund (JPF)
What the JPF is — Jersey's 24-hour, light-touch private fund, its eligible-investor and (post-2025) uncapped-holder rules, the DSP model — every claim linked to the JFSC guide.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The Long-Term Asset Fund (UK, FCA COLL 15)
What the LTAF is — the UK's open-ended fund for illiquid long-term assets, its liquidity-matched redemption model (90-day notice, monthly dealing) and its widened retail/DC-pension access — every claim linked to the FCA rules.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The RAIF Law (Luxembourg, 23 July 2016)
What the Luxembourg RAIF Law actually says — scope, the no-CSSF-approval mechanism, eligible investors, risk spreading, tax election, amendment history — summarised with every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The SICAR Law (Luxembourg, 15 June 2004)
What the SICAR Law does — a risk-capital-only mandate with no risk-spreading obligation, well-informed investors (€100,000 post-2023), and a favourable tax regime — every claim linked to the law.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The SIF Law (Luxembourg, 13 February 2007)
What the SIF Law actually does — scope, the €100,000 well-informed investor, risk spreading (now reframed by CSSF 25/901), the 0.01% subscription tax, and its amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-07
Manager regimes
- AIFMD
What AIFMD does — authorises the manager, sets operating conditions, leverage, delegation, reporting and the marketing passport — and what AIFMD II changed from 16 April 2026: harmonised liquidity tools and a loan-origination framework. Every claim linked to the directive.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The AIFM Law (Luxembourg, 12 July 2013)
What the 2013 AIFM Law does — the registered/authorised split at €100m/€500m, operating conditions, delegation and depositary duties, and the AIFMD II changes landing from April 2026 — every claim linked to the law.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The FCA FUND sourcebook (UK)
What the FCA FUND sourcebook is — the UK's onshored AIFMD operating conditions for full-scope UK AIFMs (transparency, leverage, delegation, depositary, valuation, marketing) plus the National Private Placement Regime for marketing non-UK funds into the UK — every claim linked to the FCA Handbook.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The US Investment Advisers Act of 1940
What the Investment Advisers Act actually requires — who is an "investment adviser", SEC vs state registration, the §206 anti-fraud / fiduciary core, and the private-fund-adviser and exempt-reporting-adviser routes — every claim linked to the compiled Act, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Product regimes
- The ADGM Fund Rulebook (FUNDS)
What the ADGM FSRA Fund Rulebook (FUNDS) actually does — the Abu Dhabi Global Market framework for funds: Domestic vs Foreign Funds, the Public / Exempt / Qualified Investor Fund tiers, the Fund Manager requirement and the investment/borrowing rules — every claim linked to the rulebook, clause-searchable across all 259 rules.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The Cayman Mutual Funds Act (2021 Revision)
What the Cayman Mutual Funds Act actually requires — the open-ended fund categories (registered, administered, licensed, limited-investor), the US$100,000 minimum, and the annual audit / return — every claim linked to the law, with clause-level search across the full Act.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The Cayman Private Funds Act (2025 Revision)
What the Cayman Private Funds Act actually requires — who must register with CIMA, the 21-day trigger, the annual audit / return / fee, and the operational duties (valuation, safekeeping, cash monitoring) — every claim linked to the law, with clause-level search across the full Act.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The DIFC Collective Investment Law 2010
What the DIFC Collective Investment Law (DIFC Law No. 2 of 2010) actually does — the DFSA-administered framework for funds in the Dubai International Financial Centre: Domestic vs Foreign Funds, the Public / Exempt / Qualified Investor Fund tiers, and the Fund Manager requirement — every claim linked to the Law, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The ELTIF Regulation
What the ELTIF does — the EU's retail-passportable long-term-asset fund, how ELTIF 2.0 opened it to retail and to open-ended structures, and the RTS that set the liquidity terms — every claim linked to the regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The EuSEF Regulation (EU No 346/2013)
What the EuSEF Regulation actually does — the voluntary EU label and marketing passport for qualifying social entrepreneurship funds, the 70% social-undertaking test, the social-impact measurement duty, and the sub-€500m registration route — every claim linked to the consolidated regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The EuVECA Regulation (EU No 345/2013)
What the EuVECA Regulation actually does — the voluntary EU label and marketing passport for qualifying venture capital funds, the 70% qualifying-investment test, the sub-€500m registration route, and the 2017 opening to larger managers — every claim linked to the consolidated regulation.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The FCA COLL sourcebook (UK)
What the FCA COLL sourcebook is — the UK's product and operating rules for authorised funds (UCITS schemes, non-UCITS retail schemes and qualified investor schemes): constitution, investment and borrowing powers, dealing and valuation, the depositary, winding up, and recognition of overseas schemes — every claim linked to the FCA Handbook.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The Guernsey PIF Rules 2025
What the Guernsey Private Investment Fund Rules 2025 do — the QPIF and Family PIF routes, one-business-day GFSC registration, and the designated-administrator model that carries the diligence — every claim linked to the GFSC rules.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The ICAV Act (Ireland, 2015)
What the ICAV Act does — Ireland's bespoke corporate fund vehicle, registered by the Central Bank, usable as a UCITS or an AIF, with variable capital, segregated sub-funds, and the US check-the-box advantage — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The Irish IFCMPA 2005
What the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 actually does — the Central Bank authorisation regime for Ireland's non-UCITS common contractual funds, segregated liability of sub-funds, and the CCF beneficial-ownership register — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The Irish UCITS Regulations (S.I. 352/2011)
What the 2011 UCITS Regulations actually do — the two-layer Irish framework (the transposing S.I. plus the Central Bank UCITS Regulations 2019), the eligible-asset and 5/10/40 investment rules, the legal forms, the Central Bank as authoriser, and the amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The Irish Unit Trusts Act 1990
What the Unit Trusts Act 1990 actually does — the Central Bank authorisation regime for Ireland's non-UCITS unit trust schemes, the management-company-plus-trustee structure, and how it slots into the modern Irish AIF toolkit — every claim linked to the Act.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The Jersey Private Fund (JPF)
What the JPF is — Jersey's 24-hour, light-touch private fund, its eligible-investor and (post-2025) uncapped-holder rules, the DSP model — every claim linked to the JFSC guide.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The Long-Term Asset Fund (UK, FCA COLL 15)
What the LTAF is — the UK's open-ended fund for illiquid long-term assets, its liquidity-matched redemption model (90-day notice, monthly dealing) and its widened retail/DC-pension access — every claim linked to the FCA rules.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The MAS Code on Collective Investment Schemes
What Singapore's CIS Code actually requires of a retail scheme's manager, approved trustee and (for VCC schemes) VCC directors and custodian — the conduct obligations, valuation and dealing rules, and the seven investment appendices — every claim linked to the Code itself.
Last verified 2026-07-15 - The RAIF Law (Luxembourg, 23 July 2016)
What the Luxembourg RAIF Law actually says — scope, the no-CSSF-approval mechanism, eligible investors, risk spreading, tax election, amendment history — summarised with every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The SICAR Law (Luxembourg, 15 June 2004)
What the SICAR Law does — a risk-capital-only mandate with no risk-spreading obligation, well-informed investors (€100,000 post-2023), and a favourable tax regime — every claim linked to the law.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The SIF Law (Luxembourg, 13 February 2007)
What the SIF Law actually does — scope, the €100,000 well-informed investor, risk spreading (now reframed by CSSF 25/901), the 0.01% subscription tax, and its amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The UCI Law (Luxembourg, 17 December 2010)
What the 2010 UCI Law actually does — the Part I UCITS / Part II split, the 5/10/40 investment limits, the EUR 1.25m minimum, the FCP vs SICAV forms, the 0.05% / 0.01% subscription tax, and its amendment history — every claim linked to the law itself.
Last verified 2026-07-14 - The UCITS Directive
What UCITS does — the EU retail fund regime, eligible assets, the 5/10/40 diversification rule, the single depositary, the retail passport, and the 2026 liquidity-tool changes — every claim linked to the directive.
Last verified 2026-07-07 - The US Investment Company Act of 1940
What the Investment Company Act actually governs — which pooled vehicles are "investment companies", SEC registration, the governance / custody / affiliated-transaction and leverage limits that shape US funds, and why most private funds work to stay outside it — every claim linked to the compiled Act, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Framework & market statutes
- The ADGM FSMR
What ADGM's primary financial-services statute actually does — the FSRA's powers, the Authorised Person / Recognised Body framework, and where the fund regime sits (with the Fund Rulebook underneath) — every claim linked to the Regulations, clause-searchable.
Last verified 2026-07-15 - The BVI Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA)
What SIBA actually does — the licensing perimeter for investment business in the BVI, the investment-activity / investment-business definitions that catch fund managers, and how it frames the BVI funds regime — every claim linked to the Act, with clause-level search across all 120 sections.
Last verified 2026-07-09 - The Malta Investment Services Act (Cap 370)
What the Malta Investment Services Act actually does — the single licensing perimeter for providing investment services in or from Malta, the MFSA's authorisation and supervisory powers, and how the fund regime hangs off it — every claim linked to the Act, with clause-level search across all 47 sections.
Last verified 2026-07-27 - The Singapore Securities and Futures Act 2001 (SFA)
What the SFA actually governs — Singapore's capital-markets statute behind fund-management (CMS / LFMC / RFMC) licensing and the collective-investment-scheme authorisation/recognition regime that MAS administers — every claim linked to the Act, with clause-level search across the SFA.
Last verified 2026-07-09
Disclosure regimes
- ESMA Guidelines on funds' names using ESG or sustainability terms
What the ESMA fund-names Guidelines actually require — the 80% investment threshold for any fund whose name uses ESG or sustainability terms, the PAB vs CTB exclusion split by term category, and who is in scope — every claim linked to the ESMA Guidelines.
Last verified 2026-07-26 - The FCA ESG sourcebook (SDR)
What the FCA's ESG sourcebook actually requires — the TCFD climate-disclosure rules, the anti-greenwashing rule (ESG 4.3.1R), the four sustainability investment labels, the naming-and-marketing restrictions, and the consumer-facing and pre-contractual disclosures — every claim linked to the Handbook itself.
Last verified 2026-07-15