Public Policy Resource Library

Click here for details about the work by regulators and governments on ensuring good governance by ESG ratings and data products providers.

The Committee is monitoring proposed changes to a wide range of regulations and legislation that affect AREF members. Also, they are actively lobbying policy makers in the UK and internationally. Click for more info.

In February 2025, legislation for an unauthorised co-ownership contractual scheme, the Reserved Investor Fund (RIF), and tax regulations for the RIF were laid in Parliament and will come in force in mid-March 2025; more details can be found by clicking here.

Click here to learn more about regulation and guidance in relation to the Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF) and read about AREF's event looking at the future of the LTAF. The model LTAF Instrument of Incorporation and model LTAF Co-Ownership Deed for ACS can be found here too.

Find out more about the policy work being undertaken by governments, regulators and standard setting bodies in relation to sustainable finance and climate-related disclosures.

View a summary on the policy work being undertaken by regulators and governments on funds' liquidity management.

Find out more here about the Government's work to enable DC pension schemes to invest in illiquid assets. Also, there are links to guidance from TPR and cases studies from PLSA which supports this and AREF's own lobbying to the Government on this matter.

Find out more about ELTIF 2.0 here

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Find out more about the review of the UK Funds Regime by the Government and the FCA.

View the update on this topic.

The Open End Fund Pricing Project is an industry-wide project conducted in collaboration with INREV. View the latest updates with the project.

View materials on the Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI)