Category: Investment Funds
Course Level: Introductory to Intermediate
Duration: 4 hours
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This 4-hour workshop provides a broad-based understanding of Collective Investment Schemes in the UK and Europe.
It explains the principles behind open-ended funds, regulations governing their marketing investment powers, documentation, pricing, buying and selling, and shareholder rights.
Wherever possible, real-life product examples will be used.
Objectives:
By the end of the workshop, delegates will have a greater understanding of:
- open-ended Collective Investment Schemes
- the role of the administrator, manager and depositary of a UCITS
- the difference between a unit trust and OEICs
Course Content:
- Available Collective Investment Schemes
- Umbrella structures
- Fund distribution
- Business relationships
- Taxation of UCITS
- Pricing and dealing
- UCITS III
- FSA COLL sourcebook
This course would be suitable for:
- Client services and call centres
- Investment administration and operations
- IT and software developers
- Legal & Compliance
- New entrants
- Risk management
- Sales and marketing
This course would be suitable for these exams:
- CISI IAQ - Collective Investment Schemes Administration
- UKSIP - Investment Operations
