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Eligible assets, investment strategies and investor protection in light of modern portfolio theory: Towards a risk-based approach for UCITS

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As the European Commission is currently in the process of preparing its White Paper on the enhancement of the EU framework for investment funds (scheduled for November 2006), now is a good time to reflect on whether the UCITS framework needs a radical overhaul if the regulatory landscape is going to adapt itself to the reality of market evolutions. European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) Head of Research Jean-Pierre Casey contributes to this important debate with the second ECMI Policy Brief, in which he argues that UCITS ought to move to a risk-based approach as opposed to a reliance on the product approach. Casey concludes that both the product approach, which necessitates defining eligible assets � a laborious exercise � and the investment restrictions which form the other cornerstone of investor protection in UCITS, are outdated and out of sync with the lessons of modern portfolio theory.

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  • Casey, Jean Pierre, 2006. "Eligible assets, investment strategies and investor protection in light of modern portfolio theory: Towards a risk-based approach for UCITS," ECMI Papers 1214, Centre for European Policy Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:eps:ecmiwp:1214
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    1. Gottlieb, Charles, 2007. "Hedge Funds: Heading for a regulatory hard landing?," ECMI Papers 1318, Centre for European Policy Studies.

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