UCIS

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes to ordinary retail investors.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed it is delaying the publication of final rules governing the sale and promotion of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS), saying it remains unclear on some issues and must be allowed time to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has delayed the publication of its final rules and guidance on unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) until June.

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Dermot Campbell, Managing Partner at Kuber Ventures on the FSA's long awaited decision as to whether EIS will be defined as an UCIS.

BBC's Panorama programme is investigating the use of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) in self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs).

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has warned venture capital trust (VCT) fundraising will halve next year, if the vehicles are not granted an exemption from the FSA's sales ban on unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to ordinary...

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has warned offshore investment trusts and UK REITs could be under threat from FSA proposals to ban promotions of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to ordinary retail investors.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has called on the Financial Services Authority (FSA) tighten up its definitions of banned 'toxic' products to avoid a catch-all situation with other similar investments.