http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/ Swedish Investment Fund Association - Regulations http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-handling-past-performance-in-the-merger-of-investment-funds/ Investment funds can be formed either through the formation by the merger’s component funds of a new fund, or through the absorption (incorporation) of one fund into another fund. The following principles should serve as guidelines in both cases. The term “new fund” refers in the following text to a newly created fund or one that “lives on”. Investment policy – the deciding factor The Swedish... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-handling-past-performance-in-the-merger-of-investment-funds/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:58:31 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-determining-month-end-values-for-performance-measurement/ At the end of every full and half year, unit values that the fund reports in its Annual and Half-yearly Reports, and which enable a fair comparison, shall be used [1] . No corresponding regulation exists for the other ten months of the year, and it is against this background that the Swedish Investment Fund Association has decided to adopt the following guidelines for the calculating and... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-determining-month-end-values-for-performance-measurement/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:04:42 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-investment-fund-managers-as-shareholders/ Corporate governance refers to the division of roles and responsibility between a company’s owners, its Board of Directors and its corporate management. The exercise of ownership primarily relates to the relationship between a company’s owners and its Board of Directors, and can be defined as the shareholders’ means of exercising influence and control. The guidelines for fund managers as... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-investment-fund-managers-as-shareholders/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:08:42 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-the-annual-reporting-of-costs/ Definitions Total cost comprises the sum of Management costs, Interest costs, Other costs and Taxes (including income, wealth and coupon tax), in accordance with the Income Statement, drawn up in accordance with chapt. 19 of FFFS 2008:11 plus transaction costs to the extent that they are not included under Other costs in the Income Statement. Management cost comprises the Management costs item,... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-the-annual-reporting-of-costs/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:15:16 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-Key-Ratio-Accounting-of-Investment-Funds/ The regulation (FFFS 2008:11) issued by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority includes accounting directives for investment funds (Investment Funds Act). Chapt. 19, §18 of the regulation stipulates that investment funds shall specify certain key ratios in the Directors’ Report. The Swedish Investment Fund Association has complemented the regulation with guidelines relating to key ratios f... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-Key-Ratio-Accounting-of-Investment-Funds/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:27:29 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-the-temporary-closing-of-funds/ Background The report issued by the Investment Fund Committee (SOU 2002:104) includes pro­posals for legislative regulation of the ability to postpone the sale and redemption of units in the event of extraordinary events [2] . The proposal in the Committee’s report has not as yet resulted in legislation. The proposal in the Committee’s report addressed the issue of the temporary closing of fund... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-the-temporary-closing-of-funds/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:44:44 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Manual-for-KIID/ INTRODUCTION In accordance with the Swedish Investment Funds Act all investment funds must have an up-to-date key investor information document, hereafter referred to as KIID. This KIID must contain basic and easily understood key information needed for an investor to be able to evaluate the fund. The KIID must be provided to all customers before purchase and be available on the fund management... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Manual-for-KIID/ Thu, 26 May 2011 16:07:17 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-information-and-marketing-etc-by-fund-management-companies/ 1. Information on funds 1.1 Full prospectus 1.2 Simplified prospectus 1.3 Annual Reports and Half-yearly Reports 1.4 Individual cost accounting 2. Marketing 2.1 General provisions relating to investment fund marketing 2.2 Historic return (past performance) 2.3 Mathematical examples and suppositions concerning future performance 2.4 Comparisons 2.5 Graphic presentation 2.6 Value judgements 2.7... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-information-and-marketing-etc-by-fund-management-companies/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:23:30 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Code-of-conduct/ Background In June 2004, the European association for investment funds companies and asset managers, EFAMA, adopted High Level Principles which were complemented, in November 2005, with Best Practice Recommendations. The European fund manage­ment industry hence now has a “Code of Conduct for the European Investment Man­agement Industry”. The Swedish Investment Fund Association wishes, by means ... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/Code-of-conduct/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:52:50 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/20101111-Guidelines-re-Trading-for-own-and-related-persons-account/ The purpose of the guidelines The guidelines constitute a common standard for the employees and contract personnel of the member companies of the Swedish Investment Fund Association. These are minimal requirements, which can be made more stringent by an individual member company. In certain situations for which the employer may lay down more detailed rules, employees whose work is sensitive can... http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/20101111-Guidelines-re-Trading-for-own-and-related-persons-account/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:05:23 GMT http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/The-Swedish-Securities-Dealers-Associations-Transaction-disclosure-guidelines/ The Swedish Securities Dealers' Association's Transaction disclosure guidelines http://fondbolagen.episerverhosting.com/en/Regulations/Guidelines/The-Swedish-Securities-Dealers-Associations-Transaction-disclosure-guidelines/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:42:39 GMT