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Key definition

Investor definition

What does Investor mean? In legal practice, an investor is the person or entity that commits capital, assets or resources to an enterprise with an expectation of return. The expression is contextual rather than a single statutory term; its meaning depends on the governing instrument. In international investment agreements (including bilateral investment treaties and investment chapters of free trade agreements), an investor of a Party usually covers: (a) natural persons who are nationals (and sometimes permanent residents) of the home state; and (b) legal persons incorporated or constituted under that state’s laws, or having their seat, place of effective management, control, or substantial business activities...

UCITS KIIDs: UK and EU regulatory requirements on content, provision, filing, translation, updates, liability and the PRIIPs interface

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Practice notes

This Practice Note explores the regulation of key Investor information documents (KIIDs) under Articles 78–82 of DirECtive 2009/65/EC (the UCITs Directive), Chapter 4 of the FCA Handbook on Collective Investment Schemes (COLL 4), and Regulation (EU) 583/2010 (the KII Regulation), which prescribes in granular detail how a KIID must be presented.

Form and substance of the KIID
Layout and order of sections
Ways of supplying a KIID to investors
Consequences of non-compliance

Following the Brexit transition period, the KII Regulation has been retained in the UK with onshoring changes to ensure the regime functions in the UK, as set out in Retained Regulation (EU) 583/2010 (the text is reproduced in COLL Appendix 1 UK KII Regulation). For further information on UCITS investor information—covering prospectus, annual report, and valuation and pricing details—see Practice Note: Key provisions of UCITS—investor information.

Obligation on UCITS managers and KII-compliant NURS managers

As a consequence of Directive 2009/65/EC (the UCITS Directive), all management companies must, for each UCITS they manage, produce a Key Investor Information Document for investors. This obligation also applies...

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