Sep 2020
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Domestically, the CBI has published guidance on reporting obligations for fund management companies of Irish Authorised Money Market Investment Funds; At European level, ESMA has announced that its guidelines on...
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Domestically, the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 has come into effect, and the Cabinet has approved the publication of a Bill to transpose 5AMLD into Irish law; At European level,...
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Domestically, the CBI has published issue 8 of its Markets Update for 2020 and has updated its COVID-19 Q&A for regulated financial service providers, with a focus on MiFID investment firms;...
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Domestically, the CBI continues to update its COVID-19 Hub and has published updated customer profiles for the assessment of Section 149 notifications; At European level, the ESCB has published its responses...
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) consultation paper EBA/CP/2020/07 sets out the particulars relating to reporting under the new Investment Firms Directive and Investment Firms Regulations (IFD/IFR). There are...
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) consultation paper EBA/CP/2020/06 seeks submissions in respect of nine draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) related to the implementation of a new prudential regime for...
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The European Banking Authority is consulting on the criteria for identifying material risk takers in investment firms as part of its implementation workplan on the Investment Firms Directive and Investment...
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) is seeking responses to its consultation paper EBA/CP/2020/08 on variable remuneration for employees of investment firms. Interested parties have until 4 September 2020 to submit their...
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The old rule for admitting business records was that they had to be proven by a witness at trial. This even applied to routine records such as delivery dockets, purchase...
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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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