i. General

Retail Investor AIFs and Qualifying Investor AIFs and ELTIFs may be established as:

• unit trusts, under the Unit Trusts Act 1990;

• designated investment companies (i.e. investment companies which may raise capital by promoting their shares to the public) under the Companies Act 1990, Part XIII;

• investment limited partnerships under the Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994;

• common contractual funds under the Investment Funds Act 2005; and

• ICAVs under the ICAV Act.

Under the investment fund legislation the Central Bank is responsible for the authorisation and supervision of unit trusts, common contractual funds, investment companies and investment limited partnerships and has the power to impose conditions on them.