Apr 2018
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New legislation has been passed by the Irish Parliament and will soon be commenced. Irish companies, particularly those doing business in high corruption risk countries, and companies operating in Ireland...
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The European Parliament has adopted a number of amendments to the proposed 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), which in turn will amend the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD) in relation...
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​In English v O'Driscoll [2016] IEHC 584 the plaintiff sued a firm of accountants for professional negligence. Without the issue being raised by either party, the trial judge held that the underlying...
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As of 9 April 2018, there had been 27 merger deals notified to Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") which is up 42% from the 19 notifications as of the same date last year. ...
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On the domestic front, the Central Bank released an analysis of applications for regulatory approval for senior financial roles and the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018,...
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From a domestic perspective, the Central Bank published Version 7.0 of its Operational and Technical Arrangements for submitting transaction reports to the CBI under MiFIR. On the european front, ESMA has...
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On the domestic front, the Department of Finance published its Feedback Statement on transposing the Insurance Distribution Directive and the Central Bank of Ireland published: "Insurance Quarterly". On the European...
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On the domestic front, the Central Bank updated its authorisation requirements for UCITS ManCos, UCITS SMICs, AIFMs and MiFID Firms. From a European perspective, the Central Bank issued Consultation (CP119)Â...
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It has been a relatively quiet month on the domestic front. The Central Bank issued Issue 5 of its Markets updates in 2018 as well as updating its notes on compilation which...
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EU & International: Proposals on cross-border funds distribution, ESMA Speech on CMU, Brexit and the ESA review, Brexit transitional period, ESMA Q&As, Crowdfunding, FinTech and more
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