Applications for authorisation
Introduction
1. An application for authorisation as a fund management company [Fund management company means a UCITS fund management company, an authorised AIFM, a UCITS self-managed investment company or an internally managed alternative investment fund.] should be made by submitting:
(a) a completed application form signed by two directors of the applicant fund management company;
(b) completed individual questionnaires (IQs) in respect of:
• each director and senior manager; and
• any natural person with a qualifying holding in the fund management company as defined by the respective regulations.
(c) a bespoke and detailed business plan [In this guidance, "business plan" refers to a business plan for a UCITS management company or programme of activity for an AIFM.] that takes account of the requirements of Regulation 18 of the UCITS Regulations [European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 201
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