Legal Updates & Insights

Apr 2021

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Domestically, Ireland’s Securities Settlement Market successfully migrated from the UK to Belgium and the publication of the CBI's feedback statement arising from Consultation Paper 130; At European level, the EBA...

Apr 2021

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Domestically, the CBI has published revised guidance and forms for payment and e-money institutions; At European level, the EBA has launched public consultations on draft ITS on Pillar 3 disclosures on...

Apr 2021

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Domestically, the CBI published its first insurance quarterly newsletter of 2021; At European level, EIOPA advised the European Commission on insurer's KPIs on sustainability for non-financial reporting; launched a comparative study...

Apr 2021

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The adoption in December 2020 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom was welcomed because it avoided a No Deal Brexit.

Mar 2021

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Taxonomy Regulation, NFRD and sustainability reporting, Liquidity, MMF reform, Brexit and benchmarks, IOSCO, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness' vision for the financial services sector, AML

Mar 2021

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Outsourcing, Liquidity, CBI markets update, AML

Mar 2021

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Minister of State in the Department of Justice, James Browne, updated the cabinet this week on progress on the reform of Ireland's gambling laws.

Mar 2021

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Long awaited and overdue reviews of defamation laws in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are expected to gather pace in the coming months.

Mar 2021

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The Irish construction Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance market has been noticeably hardening in recent years. Having enjoyed quite a lengthy period of relatively stable market conditions, it is our experience...

Mar 2021

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Director General for Financial Conduct, Derville Rowland, outlined the Central Bank of Ireland's (Central Bank) priorities for consumer and investor protection for 2021 at an online event on 16 March 2021.  The priorities...