Sep 2019

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‘Building an exciting future based on a strong past’: Marie O’Brien, Partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's China Programme examines some of the key developments between Ireland and China since diplomatic relations were established forty years ago.

Sep 2019

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The core objectives of Payment Services Directive (PSD2) included enhancing the security of payments and limiting fraudulent transactions. In this regard, the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on strong customer authentication (SCA) that underpin certain security requirements under PSD2 were scheduled to come into force on 14 September 2019.

Sep 2019

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Central Bank Deadlines for Pre-Christmas/Year-End Applications 2019

Sep 2019

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The Central Bank published the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Guidelines for the Financial Sector (the Guidelines) on 6 September 2019. The Guidelines replace the previous Guidelines which had been in place since 2012. 

Sep 2019

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Domestic News – This month, the CBI published its annual pre-Budget letter to the Minister for Finance, as well as the Quarterly Financial Accounts for Q1 2019.

Sep 2019

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Domestic News – This month, Central Bank of Ireland (the CBI) appointed a new Chief Information Officer and Director of Insurance Supervision.

Sep 2019

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Domestic News – This month, the Central Bank published its Investment Fund Statistics for Q2 2019.

Sep 2019

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Domestic News – This month, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published a financial stability note on Brexit and its Regulatory Service Standards Performance Report for the first half of 2019, as well as withdrawing its regulatory notice. 'Valuation Processes in the Banking Crisis - Lessons Learned - Guiding the Future' regulatory notice.

Sep 2019

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Domestic News - This month the Central Bank issued a reminder to funds in relation to Brexit preparedness and commenced phase two of its assessment of the implementation of CP86. European News - This month ESMA published guidelines on liquidity stress testing in UCITS and AIFS and the legislative package on cross-border distribution of funds came into force

Sep 2019

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On 10 September 2019, the new European Commission President-Designate, Ursula von der Leyen, was widely expected to nominate the new - and 13th - European Commissioner for Competition Policy.