Requirements for Full-Scope UK Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs)

FUND 3: Overview

UK AIFM Documentation
Requirements of UK AIFMs
Summary
An overview of the contents of FUND 3 of the FCA Handbook, with links to section summaries from FUND 3.2 to FUND 3.12.

Investor information (FUND 3.2)

Pre-investment and ongoing disclosure on strategy, risks, liquidity and costs.

Annual report of an AIF (FUND 3.3)

Annual financial and activity report for each in-scope AIF.

Reporting obligations to the FCA (FUND 3.4)

Periodic FCA reporting on portfolios, exposures, risk, liquidity and leverage.

Investment in securitisation positions (FUND 3.5)

Due-diligence and monitoring rules for AIF investments in securitisations.

Liquidity (FUND 3.6)

Alignment of strategy, liquidity profile and redemption terms, supported by liquidity management systems.

Risk management (FUND 3.7)

Organisational separation and systems for identifying, monitoring and managing AIF risks.

Prime brokerage firms (FUND 3.8)

Contractual and oversight framework for AIF relationships with prime brokers.

Valuation (FUND 3.9)

AIFM responsibility for asset valuation and NAV calculation under documented policies.

Delegation (FUND 3.10)

Conditions and limits on delegating AIFM functions, including safeguards against “letter-box” structures.

Depositaries (FUND 3.11)

Depositary oversight, safekeeping of assets and cash-flow monitoring for in-scope AIFs.

Marketing a UK AIF in the UK (FUND 3.12)

FCA approval and notification process for marketing UK AIFs in the UK.
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