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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Cross Sectoral and Other September 2026

    The Central Bank of Ireland launched a survey to inform its strategy for 2028 to 2032 and commenced a consultation on proposals to amend methodologies used to allocate the annual industry funding levy across certain sectors.

    Financial Regulation Advisory
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Investment Firms September 2026

    The CBI reported on a thematic assessment on fitness and probity, with recommended action points for all MiFID firms. At an EU level, ESMA issued two supervision-related updates, and a code of conduct for issuer-sponsored research was published.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Insurance September 2026

    The CBI announced a change to the Insurance Compensation Fund levy. EIOPA issued technical advice on minimum common standards for insurance guarantee schemes and a climate impact report for life and health insurers and occupational pension providers.

    Finance
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Banking and Payments September 2026

    At an EU level, several technical standards and guidance documents for credit institutions were published, including draft guidelines on the management of third-party risk relating to non-ICT services.

    Finance
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    Budget 2027: Rewarding work and investing for the future

    We have highlighted some of the key changes outlined in today’s announcement.

    Tax
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    Northern Ireland’s Health & Life Sciences sector: From innovation to scale

    Northern Ireland's Health and Life Sciences sector has attracted considerable attention in recent years, and with good reason. Read more.

    Hospitals & Healthcare
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    Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union: Competitiveness at the halfway point

    As Ireland has just passed the halfway point of its presidency, we look at some of the current developments focusing on competitiveness.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
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    U.S. Listed, Irish Companies: Q3 2026 Update

    This update sets out the key market, legal, regulatory, and tax developments during Q3 2026 that are applicable to U.S. listed, Irish companies.

    Capital Markets - Equity
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    Next Retail Ltd and Next Distribution Ltd v Thandi and others [2026] EAT 130

    Ireland has missed the 7 June 2026 transposition deadline for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, but its requirements remain unchanged.

    Employment
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    EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has invited Canada to be an associate EU member.

    What will the new EU-Canada relationship mean? What is “associate membership”? Dr Vincent Power, Partner, EU, Competition and Procurement Group discusses the implications.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
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    Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments – September 2026

    SFDR 2.0 developments, ESMA TRV report, ESMA USSP on digital innovation ESG ratings RTS, ESMA 2027 work programme.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments – September 2026

    Key dates, CBI thematic assessment of F&P MiFID investment firms, DoF roadmap for taxation of retail investment in Ireland, CBI strategy 2028-2032, Irish government legislative programme Autumn 2026.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds