ADGM Qualified Investor Fund (QIF): sourced answers
3 answers to specific questions — each with a verbatim quote from an official source and a link to it.
Every answer is checked against a verbatim quote from a stored copy of its source and has passed an independent review. This is reference information, not legal advice: rules change, and the outcome depends on your circumstances.
Fund: supplement to the legal-form questionnaire
How is the fund admitted by the regulator: registration, notification, authorisation, consent, recognition or no admission
Launch by notification
«tification Form Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) Exempt Fund or Qualified Investor Fund – Notification Form - (FEQN) This notification form should be submitted by an FSRA Authorised Person (Fund Manager), or a Foreign Fund Manager, when notifying the FSRA that it is about to establish a new Domestic Fund1 categorised as either an Exempt Fund or a Qualified Investor Fund in accordance with the notification requirements under Section 112 of the Financial Services and Markets Regulations 2015 (FSMR). This notification form will not be accepted by the FSRA until after an Applicant for authorisation has fully completed the licensing process and becomes an Authorised Person, or a Foreign Fund Manager has successfully submitted the Foreign Fund Manager Form (FFM). The FSRA expects that any relevant waivers / modifications should have been granted (and any other policy issues resolved) prior to the submission of this notification form. To assist you2 in completing this notification form we have referenced certain FSRA Rules, for example the FSRA Funds Rulebook (FUNDS). However, such references are provided only as a guide and are not an exhaustive list of all Rul»
Source: assets.adgm.com · source copy as of 2026-10-03
«QUALIFIED INVESTOR FUNDS (QIF) Intended for retail clients and made Intended for sale to professional clients by Intended only for sale to market counterparties available by public offer, Public Funds private placement and as such attract a lower and other sophisticated professional clients by attract a higher level of regulatory scrutiny. level of regulatory scrutiny compared to private placement, QIFs attract a comparatively Public Funds require registration with the Public Funds. They are not registered by the lower level of regulation than Exempt Funds. FSRA involving lodgement of a prospectus, FSRA – a fund manager needs only to notify Similar to Exempt Funds, QIFs only require and may be subject to risk-diversification the FSRA 14 days prior to the initial offer notification to the FSRA prior to the initial requirements regarding its investment and of units, detailing the nature of the fund’s offer of units and there are no upper limits on borrowing powers. investment profile, its intended size, prime investor numbers. The minimum investment broker details (if applicable) and details of any size is USD $500,000. service providers involved. …»
Source: assets.adgm.com · source copy as of 2026-10-02
Exempt Funds and Qualified Investor Funds are notified to the regulator instead of being licensed as products
«tification Form Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) Exempt Fund or Qualified Investor Fund – Notification Form - (FEQN) This notification form should be submitted by an FSRA Authorised Person (Fund Manager), or a Foreign Fund Manager, when notifying the FSRA that it is about to establish a new Domestic Fund1 categorised as either an Exempt Fund or a Qualified Investor Fund in accordance with the notification requirements under Section 112 of the Financial Services and Markets Regulations 2015 (FSMR). This notification form will not be accepted by the FSRA until after an Applicant for authorisation has fully completed the licensing process and becomes an Authorised Person, or a Foreign Fund Manager has successfully submitted the Foreign Fund Manager Form (FFM). The FSRA expects that any relevant waivers / modifications should have been granted (and any other policy issues resolved) prior to the submission of this notification form. To assist you2 in completing this notification form we have referenced certain FSRA Rules, for example the FSRA Funds Rulebook (FUNDS). However, such references are provided only as a guide and are not an exhaustive list of all Rul»
Source: assets.adgm.com · source copy as of 2026-10-03
«QUALIFIED INVESTOR FUNDS (QIF) Intended for retail clients and made Intended for sale to professional clients by Intended only for sale to market counterparties available by public offer, Public Funds private placement and as such attract a lower and other sophisticated professional clients by attract a higher level of regulatory scrutiny. level of regulatory scrutiny compared to private placement, QIFs attract a comparatively Public Funds require registration with the Public Funds. They are not registered by the lower level of regulation than Exempt Funds. FSRA involving lodgement of a prospectus, FSRA – a fund manager needs only to notify Similar to Exempt Funds, QIFs only require and may be subject to risk-diversification the FSRA 14 days prior to the initial offer notification to the FSRA prior to the initial requirements regarding its investment and of units, detailing the nature of the fund’s offer of units and there are no upper limits on borrowing powers. investment profile, its intended size, prime investor numbers. The minimum investment broker details (if applicable) and details of any size is USD $500,000. service providers involved. …»
Source: assets.adgm.com · source copy as of 2026-10-02
Exempt and QIF launch by notification
«tification Form Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) Exempt Fund or Qualified Investor Fund – Notification Form - (FEQN) This notification form should be submitted by an FSRA Authorised Person (Fund Manager), or a Foreign Fund Manager, when notifying the FSRA that it is about to establish a new Domestic Fund1 categorised as either an Exempt Fund or a Qualified Investor Fund in accordance with the notification requirements under Section 112 of the Financial Services and Markets Regulations 2015 (FSMR). This notification form will not be accepted by the FSRA until after an Applicant for authorisation has fully completed the licensing process and becomes an Authorised Person, or a Foreign Fund Manager has successfully submitted the Foreign Fund Manager Form (FFM). The FSRA expects that any relevant waivers / modifications should have been granted (and any other policy issues resolved) prior to the submission of this notification form. To assist you2 in completing this notification form we have referenced certain FSRA Rules, for example the FSRA Funds Rulebook (FUNDS). However, such references are provided only as a guide and are not an exhaustive list of all Rul»
Source: assets.adgm.com · source copy as of 2026-10-03
«QUALIFIED INVESTOR FUNDS (QIF) Intended for retail clients and made Intended for sale to professional clients by Intended only for sale to market counterparties available by public offer, Public Funds private placement and as such attract a lower and other sophisticated professional clients by attract a higher level of regulatory scrutiny. level of regulatory scrutiny compared to private placement, QIFs attract a comparatively Public Funds require registration with the Public Funds. They are not registered by the lower level of regulation than Exempt Funds. FSRA involving lodgement of a prospectus, FSRA – a fund manager needs only to notify Similar to Exempt Funds, QIFs only require and may be subject to risk-diversification the FSRA 14 days prior to the initial offer notification to the FSRA prior to the initial requirements regarding its investment and of units, detailing the nature of the fund’s offer of units and there are no upper limits on borrowing powers. investment profile, its intended size, prime investor numbers. The minimum investment broker details (if applicable) and details of any size is USD $500,000. service providers involved. …»
Source: assets.adgm.com · source copy as of 2026-10-02
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