TY - UNPD A1 - Kovas, Ashley T1 - UCITS : Past, present and future in a world of increasing product diversity T2 - Working paper series / Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Institute for Law and Finance ; 44 N2 - This Paper will look at the changing nature of asset management, and will examine the nature of the European framework for collective investment undertakings, enshrined in the UCITS Directive2 in that light. This question whether the UCITS Directive in its current form remains an appropriate European response to the changing investment management landscape is an issue with which the European Commission is actively engaging through its Green Paper on the Enhancement of the EU Framework for Investment Funds, published in July 2005.3 But before considering these important questions, it is necessary to begin with an idea of what a collective investment, more specifically a UCITS actually is and how it fits conceptually in the broader world of pooled investments..... T3 - Working paper / Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Institut for Law and Finance - 44 KW - UCITS KW - product diversity KW - asset management Y1 - 2006 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2792 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-26130 PB - Inst. for Law and Finance CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -