The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has outlined the key areas that will form part of its new regulatory framework for ETFs, which will be developed over the coming months and is based on industry consultation over 2017.
Investor protection, liquidity concerns and the role of "authorised participants" (APs), as well as the ways existing European regulation relates to ETF-specific issues, are set to be at the forefront of new rules put in place by the CBI. Central Bank of Ireland opens discussion on ETF risk and regulation The bank led a discussion paper, published in May, on the regulation and supervision of ETFs, with three initial areas of focus; primary and secondary trading arrangements, risks inherent in the vehicles' structure, and leverage. Irish-registered ETFs currently represent more than...
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