Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Cross Sectoral Jun 2015 Article In its report, the CBI discusses the improvements that the Irish economy and banking sector were displaying throughout 2014 and continue to display. READ MORE
Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Funds Jun 2015 Article A new process for submitting the net asset values (NAV) for listed investment funds will be implemented by the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) in September 2015. Currently NAVs are submitted by... READ MORE
Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms Jun 2015 Article The CBI and ISE have published their responses to the European Commission's green paper on building a Capital Markets Union (CMU). READ MORE
Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Insurance Jun 2015 Article On 14 May 2015, CBI advised that it is open to receive formal submissions of Solvency II preparatory phase reporting. I READ MORE
A&L Goodbody Guide to Securities Litigation 2015 Jun 2015 Article An overview of the nature and extent of securities litigation in Ireland. READ MORE
CJEU confirms that ‘click-wrapping’ meets the requirements of Article 23 of the Brussels I Regulation Jun 2015 Article In El Majdoub Jaouad El Majdoub v CarsOnTheWeb.Deutschland GmbH [2015] (C-322/14) (21 May 2015) the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) ruled that the method of accepting general terms... READ MORE
Government publishes heads of bill to provide for Periodic Payment Orders Jun 2015 Article The Minister for Justice has published the General Scheme of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015 to empower the courts to award Periodic Payment Orders (PPOs), instead of the current lump... READ MORE
The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU and International Developments May 2015 Article On the International Front, we look at the AIFMD Q&A, UCITS and EMIR, Money Market Funds, ELTIFs, Capital Markets Union, Investment-based crowdfunding, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Wire... READ MORE
The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments May 2015 Article On the Domestic Front, we look at the Companies Act 2014, the Central Bank Annual Report 2014 and Annual Performance Statement, EuSEFs, EuVECAs, Client Assets and Investor Money, Consultation on Corporate Governance... READ MORE
Consultation: Possible change to Northern Irish legislation affecting Personal Current Accounts May 2015 Article In 2005 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) commenced an investigation into banking services in Northern Ireland in respect of Personal Current Accounts (PCA). Following this investigation the Competition Commission brought... READ MORE