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Since the introduction of the Key Investor Information Document (KIID) in Europe in mid 2012 and the introduction of the Key Facts Statement in Hong Kong and the Product Highlight Sheet in Singapore, the focus has shifted from document creation to document dissemination. Since then, some service providers have included this service (referred to as “KIID dissemination”) in their sales programme, bringing it to the attention of fund companies and distributors such as banks and fund platforms.

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Vast number of Key Investor Information Documents to be processed

The deadline for supplying Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs) is 1.7.2012, by which date the new documents must be available* for all funds sold in Europe. Given that KIIDs are produced for each ISIN and country individually, fundinfo is currently receiving an avalanche of documents that need checking and uploading in the shortest possible time frame.

While the average number of fund documents processed daily up until the end of 2011 was 4,000, the figure has rocketed to more than 60,000 documents per day in recent weeks: Many fund providers have decided to take full advantage of the one-year transition period and prepare and supply the new documents just a few weeks—or, in some cases, days—before the deadline.

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