The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) have published Joint Guidelines on cooperation and information exchange between competent authorities supervising credit and financial institutions (the Guidelines)...
TechnologyAlan Roberts, Partner and joint Head of A&L Goodbody's Environmental & Planning Group, recently provided the Irish contribution to the Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 guide
Environmental & PlanningA new regulation (the Regulation) to promote the use of SME growth markets has been published in the Official Journal and enters into force on 31 December 2019. The Regulation is designed to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access financing through public markets by reducing some of the administrative burdens and compliance costs faced by issuers on an SME growth...
TechnologyRight now, businesses in the UK and Ireland involved in large-scale mergers and acquisitions are able to notify their deals to the European Commission (EC) for free.
BrexitESG Regulations, UCITS supervisory sanctions, AIFMD Q&As, MAR suspicious transactions and order reports, EU CMU, Whistleblowing and AML/CTF.
Asset Management & Investment FundsCompliance deadlines and CBI Supervisory Priorities for 2020.
Asset Management & Investment Funds"The Twelve RBO Q&As of Christmas!"
Asset Management & Investment FundsThe provisions of the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (the Act), which was signed into law on 26 June 2019, were commenced on 2 December 2019...
TechnologyDomestically, there have been some developments, including the CBI's launch of a new guide to sanctions imposed under the Administrative Sanctions Procedure (ASP) for the financial services sector and the publication of the European Union (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Regulations 2019, amending the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010...
Financial RegulationDomestically, CBI introduces enhanced measures to increase transparency of information provided to customers and conduct a review of differential pricing in the motor and home insurance industries; At European level, EIOPA publishes the second annual European Insurance Overview...
Financial RegulationDomestically, CBI Review of CP86 implementation- phase 3; At European level, ESMA speech on fund liquidity
Financial RegulationDomestically, the CBI stated that the financing of a sustainable economy and climate risk is an important topic that is high on their funds and asset management sector agenda; At European level there have been many developments , including the publication of three sets of technical advice to the European Commission by ESMA regarding TC-CCPs under EMIR 2.2.
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