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    • Laws
    • Recognised Jurisdictions and Funds
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    • Archive
    • Rulebook Modules
      • Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing and Sanctions Module (AML) [VER19/04-22]
      • Authorised Market Institutions (AMI) [VER21/04-22]
      • Auditor Module (AUD) [VER05/04-22]
      • Conduct of Business Module (COB) [VER39/10-21]
      • Collective Investment Rules (CIR) [VER/32/10-21]
        • Part 1 Introduction
        • Part 2 Definitional Provisions
        • Part 3 Fund Functionaries
        • Part 4 Core Rules Relating to Establishment and Management of Domestic Funds
        • Part 5 Rules Specific to Different Types of Domestic Funds
        • Part 6 Rules Specific to Specialist Classes of Domestic Funds
          • Guidance
          • CIR 13 Additional Requirements for Specialist Funds
            • CIR 13.1 Application to Qualified Investor Funds
            • CIR 13.1A Fund of Funds
            • CIR 13.2 Feeder Funds
            • CIR 13.3 Private Equity Funds
            • CIR 13.4 Property Funds
            • CIR 13.5 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
            • CIR 13.6 Hedge Funds
            • CIR 13.7 Umbrella Funds
            • CIR 13.8 Money Market Funds
            • CIR 13.9 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
              • Restriction on holding out to be an ETF
              • Systems and controls
              • Investment objective and strategy of an ETF
              • Criteria for underlying indices or other benchmarks
                • CIR 13.9.4
              • Index or benchmark provided by a Related Party
              • Types of ETFs and their characteristics
            • CIR 13.10 Venture Capital Funds
            • CIR 13.11 Funds investing in Investment Tokens
        • Part 7 Marketing of Domestic and Foreign Funds
        • Part 8 Transfer Schemes and Winding Up of Domestic Funds
        • Part 9: [Deleted]
        • CIR App 1 Delegation And Outsourcing
        • CIR App 2 Meeting Procedures
        • CIR App 3 Approvals and Notifications
        • CIR App 4 Guidance On Asset Valuation And Pricing
        • CIR App 5 Constitution of a Domestic Fund
        • CIR App 6 Guidance on Fitness and Propriety for Oversight Functions [Deleted]
        • CIR App 7 [Deleted]
        • CIR App 7 Content of a Public Fund Prospectus
        • CIR App 8 Guidance for Hedge Fund Managers
        • CIR App 9 Use of Price Information Providers
      • Fees Module (FER) [VER25/10-21]
      • Fund Protocol Rules (FPR) [VER1/02-19]
      • General Module (GEN) [VER54/04-22]
      • Glossary Module (GLO) [VER53/10-21]
      • Islamic Finance Rules (IFR) [VER18/10-21]
      • Markets Rules (MKT) [VER18/10-21]
      • Price Stabilisation Module (PRS) [VER7/04-18]
      • Prudential — Insurance Business Module (PIN) [VER17/04-21]
      • Prudential — Investment, Insurance Intermediation and Banking Module (PIB) [VER41/01-22]
      • Recovery and Resolution (RAR) [VER1/04-21]
      • Recognition (REC) [VER12/01-18]
      • Representative Office Module (REP) [VER11/09-21]
      • Takeover Rules Module (TKO) [VER08/04-20]
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  2. Rulebook Modules
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  4. Part 6 Rules Specific to Specialist Classes of Domestic Funds
  5. CIR 13 Additional Requirements for Specialist Funds
  6. CIR 13.9 Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
  7. Criteria for underlying indices or other benchmarks
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