Information on funds authorised since 2015 - July 2022


Reference Case Number: FOI9391

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

  1. The number of all Funds (including authorised Funds, AIFs, UCITs & Collective Investment Schemes) authorised since 2015 – please can you provide a monthly breakdown of applications.
  2. In line with the above (Q5), please provide an overview of the strategies employed by the firms which were authorised in the same time period – please can you provide a monthly breakdown.
  3. The number of applications for authorisation (including number of applications rejected) since 2015 - please provide a monthly breakdown.
  4. The AUMs (range breakdown can suffice) of the Firms and Funds which were authorised in the last 7 years (since 2015) - please provide a monthly breakdown.

FCA response:

Questions 1 and 3

Please find the requested information in the table below. Please note that we only authorise certain types of funds in the UK, which include undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), Non UCITS Retail Schemes (NURS) or Qualified Investor Schemes (QIS) and therefore our figures are based on this. The figures below represent authorised funds which we have been informed have taken effect.

Questions 2 and 4

We do not hold this information as this is not information which we record.

Question 1

Year/Month

Number Authorised

2015

272

Jan

12

Feb

30

Mar

30

Apr

15

May

35

Jun

24

Jul

22

Aug

11

Sep

13

Oct

19

Nov

16

Dec

45

2016

203

Jan

13

Feb

22

Mar

7

Apr

9

May

14

Jun

17

Jul

6

Aug

16

Sep

37

Oct

14

Nov

11

Dec

37

2017

276

Jan

30

Feb

18

Mar

14

Apr

10

May

31

Jun

34

Jul

14

Aug

22

Sep

12

Oct

44

Nov

21

Dec

26

2018

269

Jan

19

Feb

11

Mar

12

Apr

35

May

27

Jun

8

Jul

34

Aug

19

Sep

8

Oct

36

Nov

37

Dec

23

2019

276

Jan

15

Feb

18

Mar

31

Apr

33

May

24

Jun

33

Jul

35

Aug

16

Sep

25

Oct

10

Nov

19

Dec

17

2020

313

Jan

15

Feb

12

Mar

18

Apr

18

May

29

Jun

12

Jul

19

Aug

35

Sep

36

Oct

40

Nov

29

Dec

50

2021

291

Jan

34

Feb

22

Mar

35

Apr

29

May

28

Jun

28

Jul

17

Aug

35

Sep

24

Oct

8

Nov

17

Dec

14

2022

149

Jan

20

Feb

36

Mar

30

Apr

28

May

28

Jun

7

Grand Total

2049

Question 3

Year/Month Number Authorised
2015 69

Jan

5

Feb

4

Mar

4

Apr

8

May

8

Jun

5

Jul

10

Aug

3

Sep

3

Oct

5

Nov

4

Dec

10

2016

45

Jan

2

Feb

4

Mar

1

Apr

3

May

5

Jun

3

Jul

8

Aug

7

Sep

3

Oct

3

Nov

1

Dec

5

2017

64

Jan

5

Feb

2

Mar

4

Apr

16

May

4

Jun

4

Jul

4

Aug

10

Sep

5

Oct

4

Nov

2

Dec

4

2018

79

Jan

3

Feb

6

Mar

4

Apr

6

May

11

Jun

12

Jul

5

Aug

7

Sep

7

Oct

5

Nov

7

Dec

6

2019

59

Jan

8

Feb

8

Mar

8

Apr

7

May

4

Jun

5

Jul

4

Aug

4

Oct

3

Nov

5

Dec

3

2020

73

Jan

4

Feb

4

Mar

7

Apr

2

May

5

Jun

9

Jul

11

Aug

5

Sep

3

Oct

11

Nov

5

Dec

7

2021

32

Jan

1

Feb

3

Mar

3

Apr

1

May

5

Jun

2

Jul

3

Aug

2

Sep

2

Oct

1

Nov

4

Dec

5

2022

14

Jan

3

Feb

4

Mar

1

Apr

1

May

2

Jun

3

Grand Total

435