Mar 2020
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the review of the MiFID II/MiFIR regulatory framework. The consultation will be open until 20 April 2020. Interested parties should note that...
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Mar 2020
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The European Union (Qualifying Partnerships: Accounting and Auditing) Regulations 2019 (the 2019 Regulations) have come into operation for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2020. These new requirements represent a significant increase...
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Mar 2020
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The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) last week published 25 Legally Binding Decisions, which were issued between January 2019 and January 2020 regarding tracker mortgage interest rates. In short, of the 25 complaints...
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Mar 2020
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On 28 February 2020, Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced that it had closed its investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices in the "bagged cement sector".
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ESMA on Sustainable Finance, ESMA TRV report, SFTR reporting obligations for non-EU AIFs,consultation on third country firms, AIFMD MoUs, ESRB issues with the AIFMD framework, ESMA's product intervention powers,...
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Liquidity, CBI review of PRISM, Property Funds, CBI Review of Stakeholder Engagement and Key frameworks, Diversity, Market Conduct and Market Abuse and CBI Markets Update.
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What's relevant in 2020 in ESG legislation and policy for UCITS managers and AIFMs?
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Feb 2020
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The Irish Revenue Commissioners have published the Betting Duty and Betting Intermediary Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (the Regulations), offering relief to small independent bookmakers from the 2% betting duty levied on every...
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Feb 2020
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The 'Rule in Battle' (the Rule) states that corporate entities may be represented only by lawyers who have a formal right of audience in court proceedings and not by non-lawyer...
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Feb 2020
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In Malone v Fenlon & Ors [2019] IEHC 934, the High Court found that a plea of absolute privilege as a defence to a claim in defamation was insufficiently clearly made out to...
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