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In forceFund service providers: other returns (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Annual outsourcing return, fund administrators (AOR)

A regulatory return listed by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Ireland.

Lists the activities a fund administrator outsources: each function and specific activity, approval and start dates, locations and service providers along any chain of outsourcing; and, by umbrella and sub-fund, any outsourcing of the final release of the net asset value. Source

Official title: Annual Outsourcing Return for Fund Administrators xBRL

The facts

Who files
Fund administrators. Source
How often
Annually. Source
Deadline
No later than 20 working days after calendar year end. Source
Format
XBRL-XML, Excel. An XBRL file for entry point aor of the Central Bank of Ireland Taxonomy (outsourcing registers framework, introduced in taxonomy 2.4), uploaded on the Portal; the Bank also publishes the AOR Structure Template in Excel. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the CBI: Central Bank of Ireland Portal (formerly the Online Reporting System, ONR); MiFIR transaction reporting Machine to Machine channel; Online Reporting System (ONR), now linked as 'Credit Union Auditor Reporting'; Email to the Central Bank. See how firms file with the CBI.
Status
In force
Group
Fund service providers: other returns (national)

Templates (3)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the CBI's code in brackets.

  • Basic information (AOR_00.01)
  • Outsourcing (functions, activities and service providers) (AOR_01.00)
  • Final NAV list (outsourcing of final NAV release) (AOR_02.00)

Tables of entry point aor (module version 2025-04-15) in Central Bank of Ireland Taxonomy 2.4; names from the sheets of the AOR Structure Template. Source

Validation rules

40 rules, as counted from the CBI's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: XBRL Formula assertions in the Central Bank of Ireland Taxonomy package (val folder of each framework), plus an Excel list of every rule with its expression, severity and modules.

The rules, on centralbank.ie

How they were counted

Rule codes in sheet 'cbiaor' of 'CBI 2.4 Business rules.xlsx' whose 'Severity and modules' column names aor, with Include in XBRL = yes and Deactivated = no: 40 of the 43 listed (3 have Include in XBRL = no).

Counts are in the CBI's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No data from this return published by the Central Bank was found on the pages checked. Source

Official documents (10)

The CBI's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

  • Reporting Requirements for Fund Administrators

    List of returns · HTML

  • Reporting Requirements for Fund Administrators (table)

    List of returns · PDF · 140.0 KB

    Fund Administrators Regulatory Reporting Requirements: every return with its frequency and deadline.

    SHA-256 cfb365030bb8show in fullcfb365030bb8603ac6d5c25e572e6f1b7fbd6a192dd03b0bc02552c0156472d0
  • AOR Structure Template

    Template · XLSX · 3.6 MB

    Annual Outsourcing Return: sheets Outsourcing and Final NAV List, with a data validation sheet.

    SHA-256 2872e4bd2f9ashow in full2872e4bd2f9a0a387af6e705e655c6ba193df54027afb008ecc76b12a7a38e98
  • Operational QAs in the form of Guidance

    Guidance · PDF · 384.4 KB

    SHA-256 5f922100fc7eshow in full5f922100fc7ec6485e854f9cf625db7cba9be56da1a0285858d9180017af873b
  • Fund Service Providers Overview (Central Bank of Ireland Taxonomy releases)

    Taxonomy · HTML

    Publishes each version of the Central Bank of Ireland XBRL Taxonomy (2.0 to 2.4) with business rules and sample files, and says which returns each version added.

  • Central Bank of Ireland Taxonomy 2.4

    Taxonomy · ZIP · 14.5 MB

    Full package: entry points for FINREP+ (finrep_plus_ind, finrep_plus_con), PIMD, MMR, AUMD, ICAAP, capital requirements (cas, mcr, mcr_d, mcr_mgr, ofr, dao), asset disclosures (acd, qad), the annual outsourcing return (aor), related party lending (rplr), and payment and e-money institution returns (pia, eia), with annotated templates and a data dictionary.

    SHA-256 d681f2a9f461show in fulld681f2a9f461bfbfa35440b40876d235f8d3871e0824535857d6c306dbe7fdf0
  • CBI 2.4 Business rules

    Validation rules · XLSX · 169.7 KB

    One sheet per framework; each rule has its expression, Include in XBRL and Deactivated flags, and the modules it applies to.

    SHA-256 b68dafe2798fshow in fullb68dafe2798f23e8ed1a80fc5c928267753e6dbb62cd90f7d83a1a718e63993d
  • Deactivated Validation Rules 2.4

    Known issues · XLSX · 13.7 KB

    27 rule numbers currently deactivated, by framework.

    SHA-256 4b3d18cc9833show in full4b3d18cc983336ecb968fb6ee2f1645a0a193762db09330a9de6dc86b5464339
  • Sample Files 2.4

    Sample · ZIP · 15.3 KB

    SHA-256 9e08cd227e58show in full9e08cd227e58d4be4383a42b4f1f1812f623e706d1377783276e146e8d6952ab
  • Central Bank Taxonomy Xbrl File Upload Guidance

    Filing rules · PDF · 2.2 MB

    FINREP+ and PIMD tables, file naming (for example C123456_20210331_FINREP_P_AAA.xbrl), filing indicators, validation and the variance analysis on FP 01.01 to FP 02.00 (explanation needed for variances of 20% or more).

    SHA-256 3e89ed242180show in full3e89ed242180c53c94df8c12cb4ce43f93340abde33c3d7cc65eeaa3f0c39397

Sources

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Contains Irish Public Sector Information from the Central Bank of Ireland (https://www.centralbank.ie), copyright Central Bank of Ireland, re-used under the Bank's licence for re-use of public sector information (https://www.centralbank.ie/fns/re-use-of-public-sector-information). This library summarises it in plain English and links the originals; the Central Bank of Ireland does not endorse this library.

Last checked 11 November 2026.