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Legal Updates & Insights

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    Dawn raids and mobile phones

    Mobile phones feature as a very practical and recurrent issue in dawn raids.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Cross Sectoral and Other January 2025

    Domestically, the Central Bank of Ireland publishes guide to submitting DORA major ICT-related incident and significant cyber threat reports. At European level, the European Banking Authority consults on guidelines on ESG scenario analysis.

    Financial Regulation Advisory
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Investment Firms January 2025

    Domestically, the CBI publishes updates to its guidance documents. At European level, ESMA reminds market participants that the new regime for the reporting of over the counter transactions for post-trade transparency purposes became fully operational.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Insurance January 2025

    Domestically, the Minister for Finance imposes restrictions on compensation available under the Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Act 2024. At European level, amendments to Solvency II and the Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive published.

    Finance
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Funds January 2025

    Domestically, the Central Bank of Ireland sent their phase 2 liquidity management tools survey to all fund management companies. At European level, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions consults on liquidity risk management.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Banking and Payments January 2025

    Domestically, the Department of Finance consults on the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive VI (Regulation EU 2024/1619). At European level, the European Banking Authority publishes its final guidelines on the management of ESG risks.

    Finance
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    Parametric insurance - a possible solution to Ireland’s Nat Cat risk?

    In the last issue of ALG’s ESG & Sustainability bulletin, we discussed what insurers could do to combat climate risk and the protection gap in light of recent extreme weather events at home and abroad. In this article, we consider the possible future use of parametric insurance as a solution for these growing problems.

    Insurance & Reinsurance
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    Navigating reasonable accommodation in the workplace: An employer’s guide

    In the recent case of Mary Tracy v. Smurfit Kappa Ireland Limited t/a the Educational Company of Ireland, the Workplace Relations Commission ordered an employer to pay a total of €64,000.

    Employment
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    Streamlining of Ireland’s Investment Limited Partnership

    The Central Bank of Ireland has announced the discontinuation of its requirement for the general partner of an Irish Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) to be authorised as an AIF management company.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Fund Structure: The Unit Trust

    A unit trust is a contractual fund structure constituted by trust deed. A unit trust is not a separate legal entity and does not have legal personality.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Fund Structure: The Variable Capital Company (VCC)

    Irish Investment fund products can be constituted in various legal forms. A range of factors can influence the choice of legal vehicle, including tax treatment, risk spreading requirements, local market requirements and market preferences.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Fund Structure: The Investment Limited Partnership (ILP)

    The Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) fund structure does not have an independent legal existence and all of the assets and liabilities belong jointly to the individual partners.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds