FinanceDublin.com - CBI naming rule change key to maintaining Ireland’s role as Europe’s ETF leader

Northern Trust’s Jacqueline Wiseman and Rachel Thornton analyse the latest funds developments in Ireland and the EU, including the Central Bank of Ireland’s ETF name rule changes and its openness to consider revising the ETF full transparency rules. They also provide insight into the demand for semi-liquid funds and how the EU’s ELTIF 2.0 vehicle has opened up new avenues in this area.

Exchange Traded Funds
ETFs continue to go from strength to strength and evolution in their use by asset managers, and the announcement¹ by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) in October that it is revising its stance on the UCITS ETF naming convention will make the addition of ETF share classes to an unlisted fund more appealing.

Why is this important now? The trend of active managers launching ETFs to help reach new investors is accelerati....

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Jacqueline Wiseman and Rachel Thornton are senior product managers at Northern Trust.
¹‘Past, present and future of Exchange Traded Funds’: Remarks by Deputy Governor Derville Rowland, 24 October 2024.
²Irish Funds: Why Ireland? 2024 Publication, 15 March 2024.
³CBI: Feedback Statement Consultation Paper 155: Consultation on ELTIF chapter in the AIF Rulebook.