Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities, or UCITS, offer investors much-desired liquidity and transparency but very few U.S. fund managers understand the opportunities for capital raising presented by these highly-regulated European products.UCITS have been declared the “gold standard” as the only European retail and institutional financial product that has achieved global investor acceptance.

Join Financial Research Associates in New York this autumn as we proudly present our inaugural conference on UCITS for Fund Managers where top industry professionals will gather for an intense full day conference loaded with all the information you need to determine how to capitalize on this explosively-growing market.

• Hear…our savvy faculty talk about the opportunities for capital raising afforded by UCITS
• Find out…why UCITS is the buzz around every water cooler on Wall Street
• Master…the myriad moving parts involved in launching a UCITS fund
• Understand…the current and proposed regulatory framework surrounding UCITS funds
• Benefit…from invaluable networking opportunities with your industry peers and service providers
• Profit…from the vast body of knowledge provided by our star-powered faculty from Northern Trust, BNP Paribas, Dechert LLP, State Street Global Services, Carne Group, Arendt & Medernach, …and many, many more!

• Introduction to UCITS
• The rise of “newCITS”: opportunities for hedge fund managers
• Key regulatory updates regarding UCITS IV and AIFMD
• Launching a UCITS fund from A to Z
• Operational complexities: UCITS service providers
• Global distribution challenges and opportunities of UCITS funds
• Luxembourg and Ireland: similarities and differences of two premier fund jurisdictions

• Fund managers
• Financial services advisory firms
• Legal counsel to fund managers