European developments included European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) updates to Q&As on Investment Firms' exposures to credit institutions and updates to its validation rules under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
Financial RegulationOn the Domestic front the CBI published further consultation on non-life renewals and the cost of Insurance Working Group publishes latest quarterly update. On the European front the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published a report on cyber risk insurance and the European Commission called for technical advice on sustainable finance.
Financial RegulationDomestically, this month saw some minor amendments to the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles (ICAV) Act 2015 and the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2011 (as amended) (the UCITS Regulations). The CBI also published the results of an inspection into UCITS performance fees.
Financial RegulationOn the domestic front this month the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published its Regulatory Service Standards Performance Report for the first half of 2018 and a Financial Stability Note concerning international bank flows and bank business models since the financial crisis.
FinanceThe Credit Reporting Act 2013 (together with related statutory instruments) provides for the establishment of a Central Credit Register.
Capital Markets - DebtDeadlines, Central Bank proposals to reform Individual Accountability, Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018, minor amendments to the ICAV Act and to the UCITS Regulations 2011.
Asset Management & Investment FundsESMA views on AIF leverage and on sub-threshold AIFMs and AML/CTF
Asset Management & Investment FundsWhat is the latest guidance from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for inbound passporting EEA firms and funds who wish to continue operating in the UK in a hard Brexit scenario?
Asset Management & Investment FundsIreland's combined competition and consumer protection agency (CCPC) today published its 2017 annual report.
EU, Competition & ProcurementOn 23 August 2018, the UK Government published 25 papers advising on some of the implications of a no-deal Brexit.
BrexitAs schools prepare to re-open across Europe, both EU and UK politicians have a lot of homework to do to pass the Brexit exams scheduled for next year….
BrexitJohn Whelan, Head of A&L Goodbody's Commercial & Technology Department and Alison Quinn, Associate, Commercial & Technology, review patent laws and regulations in Ireland.
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