Investment Fund Market Guide – Italy

30.05.2024

Key features (Register market)

Yes/No

Remarks

Settlement free of payment

Yes

Settlement against payment

Yes

Refer to CBL’s Eligible currencies and the fund currency specified in fund prospectus.

Disclosure Requirements

Yes

Refer to Disclosure Requirements – Investment Funds – Italy.

Restrictions on client

Yes

Refer to Holding Restrictions – Investment Funds – Italy.

Restrictions on settlement

No

 

Remarks

Market type / link type (Settlement link)

Register / CSD market

Eligible fund types / legal forms in CBL

Under Italian law collective investment schemes can be set up in the following legal forms:

  1. Contractual funds (fondi comuni di investimento, that is, mutual funds);
  2. Funds set up under corporate form (that is, SICAV or SICAF).

Register market:

  • Open-ended mutual funds (fondi comuni di investimento “aperti”)
  • Private Equity Funds (AIFs)
  • Hedge Funds (AIFs)
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

CSD linkaCSD or Domestic link eligible investment funds.

a. Please refer to the Market Link Guide - Italy for more details about funds on CSD link.

Eligible fund types in CBL

Register market

The following types of Italian investment funds are eligible in Clearstream Banking:

  • Open-ended mutual funds (fondi comuni di investimento “aperti”) under The Italian Consolidated Financial Act and secondary legislation, including Ministry of Economy and Finance Decree No. 30/2015 (Decree 30/2015).
  • Private Equity Funds (AIFs) under Decree 30/2015.
  • Hedge Funds (AIFs) under Decree 30/2015.
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIFs) under Decree 30/2015.