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In forceInvestment funds: fund-level returns (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Fund metadata return

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

Keeps the Central Bank's core data on each authorised fund up to date: general details, fund categories, active or passive management, dealing frequency and fees, fund purposes, other items, statistical reporting requirements and the fund's connections to institutions. It replaced the annual Fund Profile return in April 2026. Source

The facts

Who files
Each authorised fund, through the legal entity appointed as its 'Fund Data Submitter'. Source
How often
When a fund is authorised and whenever its data changes; no annual filing requirement applies. Source
Deadline
Newly authorised funds must be set up and submitted within 10 working days of the authorisation date; the Update function covers changes with an effective date in the last 60 days, and Correct fixes historical errors. Source
Format
Web form. Direct entry on the Central Bank Portal under Investment Funds; new funds, corrections and some updates go through an approval process. Data can be exported to 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
Investment funds: fund-level returns (national)

Templates (8)

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

  • General (1)
  • Fund categories (2)
  • Active/passive (3)
  • Frequency and fees (4)
  • Fund purposes (5)
  • Other items (6)
  • Statistical reporting requirements (7)
  • Funds-institution connections (view only) (8)

Sections of the Fund Metadata page in the Portal (guidance of April 2026). Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. The Portal uses lists, tooltips and other validations; they are not published as a list. Source

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 (2)

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.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

Knowing exactly what is collected, in what format and under which rules is the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.

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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.