The CBI issued a statement setting out their intended response to the requirement for financial counterparties to exchange mandatory variation margin (VM) for physically-settled FX forwards from 3 January 2018
Asset Management & Investment FundsThe Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has published an Anti-Money Laundering Bulletin addressing Section 33(8) of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act, 2010 (CJA). The Bulletin outlines the types...
Asset Management & Investment FundsThe European Commission issued a press release which includes a factsheet and which states that the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached political agreement on the...
Asset Management & Investment FundsOn 7 December 2017 the Government published the long awaited Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017. The Bill is designed to tackle some of the difficulties caused by the increasing casualisation of work and...
Employment, Pensions & IncentivesThis Act will come into force from 1 January 2018 and will increase obligations to consider mediation for dispute resolution.
DisputesThe Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 which amalgamates the Financial Services Ombudsman and the Pensions Authority into an Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) is due...
FinanceIn Susquehanna International Group Ltd v Needham [2017] IEHC 706, Baker J in the High Court considered the novel question of whether a court should order a person to make discovery of...
Commercial & TechnologyThe UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code) is undergoing a review by the Financial Regulatory Council (FRC) in the UK. A consultation process was announced by the FRC on 5 December,...
Corporate Governance & ComplianceThis month alert warnings have been issued by ESMA on the high risks associated with initial coin offerings while in Ireland the Central Bank has consulted on the rules concerning...
Financial RegulationAt a domestic level, it has been another relatively quiet month for investment firms. The Central Bank has outlined the reporting requirements for IIA Non-Retail Investment Business Firms and also...
Financial RegulationOn the Domestic front the Central Bank proposes new rules in intermediary inducements, consults on the approach to third-country branches and proposes new insurance renewal requirements. At a European level,...
Financial RegulationThis update covers CBI updates of AIFMD and UCITS Q&As, CBI letter to industry on Brexit preparedness, ESMA updates of Q&As on AIFMD and UCITS, Money Market Funds,,...
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