UK - FCA publishes Roadmap to implementing the Overseas Funds Regime
This document dated from May 2024 is issued jointly by HM Treasury and the FCA to explain how the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) is intended to be opened to European Economic Area (EEA) funds authorised under the UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Directive, following the Government’s decision to grant equivalence in relation to those funds (excluding money-market funds).
In January 2024, the Government announced that it had found the EEA states, including the EU member states, equivalent under the OFR in relation to UCITS funds (with out money-market funds not in scope).
The Government has also announced that funds recognised under the TMPR can continue to be marketed to UK retail customers until the end of 2026.