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publicationOptions available to Irish aircraft leasing companies facing distress
A look at the options available to Irish aircraft leasing companies facing distress as a result of COVID-19 and examine the legal and tax implications of formal and informal debt...
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AML Insight October 2020
The Bulletin sets out the outcomes from a recent series of inspections and outlines the Central Bank's current regulatory expectations in relation to transaction monitoring. The key aspects of the...
Financial Regulation -
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November Deadline for New PCF Roles
A number of new additions to the Central Bank's list of pre-approval controlled functions will require action from affected financial services providers before 16 November 2020.
Financial Regulation -
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Striking out of proceedings where the parties settle – a question of discretion or jurisdiction for the courts?
In Dempsey v An Bord Pleanala1, the question arose as to whether the High Court (the Court) retained a discretion to rule on the validity of a planning permission which...
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articleCOVID-19 and public procurement: Has the exception for direct award contracts now passed?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic required an urgent and unprecedented response from the government in an attempt to safeguard the healthcare service and to protect the economic wellbeing of the country....
COVID-19 -
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UK TPR Update 2020
Our Global Fund Registration Services team looks at implications for investment funds marketed in the UK of the Financial Conduct Authority's temporary permissions regime, which has re-opened its notification window...
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publicationLevel 5: Increases to Employer & Employee Wage Supports
On 19 October 2020, the Irish government decided that, as of midnight on Wednesday 21 October 2020, the whole country will be placed on Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19, with a...
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CP86 – Conclusions of CBI thematic review of fund management companies’ governance, management and effectiveness
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has issued an industry letter to all FMCs following the conclusion of its thematic inspection of compliance with its Fund Management Companies – Guidance (Guidance)....
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Q&A - UK TPR update
The temporary permissions regime operated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, or TPR, reopened on 30 September 2020. Our team put together some answers for fund managers of Irish investment...
Asset Management & Investment Funds -
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NI companies must prepare for the post-Brexit immigration system
With the UK's immigration system set to change fundamentally in the coming months, companies across Northern Ireland must act now to ensure that EU national employees preserve their right to...
Employment & Incentives Belfast -
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Budget 2021 - Key takeaways for the hospitality sector
On Tuesday 13 October 2020, Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohue TD and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, presented Budget 2021. In this publication we look at Budget 2021 and...
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Budget 2021 - Key takeaways for the betting and gaming sector
On Tuesday 13 October 2020, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue TD and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, presented Budget 2021. In this publication, we look at Budget 2021 and...
Betting, Gaming & Licensing