On 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.
Commercial & TechnologyNew Regulations require organisations to obtain an individual’s explicit consent in advance of processing personal data for health research purposes.
Commercial & TechnologyA sign of confidence in the market is the recent trend of departures of key people to competitor businesses, sometimes taking an entire team, sometimes taking trade secrets - sometimes both.
EmploymentA review of State Aid law and policy in Ireland 2018
EU, Competition & Procurement