Brexit and Irish State Aid Jan 2018 article Dr Vincent Power, Partner, A&L Goodbody wrote a short article in Public Affairs Ireland on whether Ireland should liberalise its State aid laws because of Brexit. READ MORE
The Central Bank of Ireland publishes submissions on the reform of Ireland’s white collar crime laws Jan 2018 Article The Central Bank of Ireland has published its response to a 2016 Law Reform Commission Issues Paper which had called for submissions on the reform of Ireland's laws regarding white collar... READ MORE
GDPR for Employers: What you need to know Jan 2018 article Most employers will no doubt already be swamped by the variety of commentary on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will come into force on 25 May 2018. Most of this... READ MORE
WP29 Guidance on Data Protection Officers (DPOs) Jan 2018 article The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has published Guidelines on Data Protection Officers (DPOs). READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Cross Sectoral Dec 2017 Jan 2018 Article This month the EU and the European Parliament reached political agreement on the proposed Fifth Anti- Money Laundering Directive, while in Ireland the Central Bank amended its Fitness and Probity... READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms Dec 2017 Jan 2018 Article MiFID II and MiFIR were implemented on 3 January 2018. In advance of this, ESMA continued to issue a number of updates to its Q&As on both pieces of legislation as... READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Insurance Dec 2017 Jan 2018 Article On the domestic front, the Central Bank published its fourth Insurance Quarterly Newsletter of 2017. They also published research into the attitude, behaviour and experience of consumers when buying gadget insurance... READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Funds Dec 2017 Jan 2018 Article This update covers a Central Bank statement on variation margin requirements under EMIR for physically settled FX forwards, ELTIFs and ESMA asset management sector priorities in 2018. READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Banking Dec 2017 Jan 2018 Article On the domestic front, the Central Bank has issued a Progress Report on its Tracker Mortgage Examination. On a European level, the EBA welcomed the agreement reached on the finalisation... READ MORE
Update on the 5AMLD and the CRO Central Register on Beneficial Ownership for Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies Jan 2018 Article On 19 December our Knowledge Bulletin reported that political agreement had been reached on the 5AMLD. This agreed text has now been published. READ MORE