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    Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Funds

    On the Domestic Front: Items including the following - Central Bank issues Consultation on Amendments to the AIF Rulebook - Central Bank programme of themed inspections in Markets Supervision - Central Bank issues new UCITS Q&A. On the International Front: Items including the following - UCITS V level 2 Regulation - ESMA Q&A on application of AIFMD

    Finance
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    Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms

    On the Domestic Front: Items including the following - Central Bank publishes programme of themed inspections in Markets Supervision. On the International Front: Items including the following - ESMA publishes final report on draft ITS under MiFID II - European Commission proposes to overhaul prospectus rules

    Finance
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    Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Banking

    On the Domestic Front: Items including the following:Central Bank publishes FAQs on new regulations on residential mortgage lending - Central Bank adopts European Union (Bank Recovery and Resolution) Resolution Fund Levy Regulations 2015 - Introduction of the counter cyclical buffer.

    Finance
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    Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Insurance

    On the Domestic Front: Items including the following - Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 - Central Bank publishes Solvency II reporting and data processing material.

    Finance
  • Article

    Central Bank Update

    The update also includes the Eleventh Edition of a UCITS Q&A with a new Q&A 1059 which confirms that that internally managed investment companies must comply with Regulation 100 (7) of the Central Bank UCITS Regulations (which concerns the independence of the individual performing the organisational effectiveness role).

    Finance
  • Article

    Central Bank Update

    The update also includes the Eleventh Edition of a UCITS Q&A with a new Q&A 1059 which confirms that that internally managed investment companies must comply with Regulation 100 (7) of the Central Bank UCITS Regulations (which concerns the independence of the individual performing the organisational effectiveness role).

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    Update on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015

    The Seanad has now passed the Bill, with some minor amendments. These have the effect of involving both Houses of the Oireachtas in the various statutory procedures, rather than the Dáil exclusively (as provided for in the Bill passed by the Lower House).

    Environmental & Planning
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    The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments

    On the International Front we look at the draft UCITS V level 2 Regulation, ESMA Q&A on AIFMD, IOSCO report on third hedge fund survey and the Cybersecurity Directive.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments

    On the Domestic Front, we look at Deadlines, AIF Rulebook consultation, AIFM reporting, UCITS Q&A, AML, CBI themed inspections and CRS

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    HSR environmental conference – financial provision the ‘hot topic’

    Speaking at the recent HSR environmental conference, Jason Milne, Associate, A&L Goodbody addressed the issue of making provision for the cost of mopping up environmental damage - as well as greater energy and water efficiency, for businesses large and small.

    Environmental & Planning
  • Article

    No statutory right of appeal against Information Commissioner’s discontinuation of review

    The Court of Appeal in Kelly v The Information Commissioner [2015] IECA 270 upheld the High Court's finding that no statutory appeal lay from the discontinuance of a review by the Information Commissioner.

    Disputes
  • Article

    Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015

    The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015 came into force on 8 July 2015.

    Finance