the Working Group	IOSCO Working Group No 5 on Investment Management.
CIS	An open end Collective Investment Scheme.
the Principles	The IOSCO Principles for the Regulation of Collective Investment Schemes, published at the IOSCO Annual Conference, Paris, July 1995.
operator (of CIS)	The legal entity that has overall responsibility for the management and performance of functions of the CIS.
regulatory authority	Regulatory authority or supervisor of CIS, or a combination of authorities, that derive power from a single statutory or government authority.
home jurisdiction	Jurisdiction where the CIS is based.
foreign jurisdiction	Jurisdiction where the CIS is being marketed or sold, outside the home jurisdiction.
foreign CIS	CIS which is being marketed or sold outside its home jurisdiction into another jurisdiction.
home regulatory authority	The regulatory authority of the jurisdiction where the CIS is based.
foreign regulatory authority	The regulatory authority of the jurisdiction where the operator intends marketing the CIS, outside the home jurisdiction.