Mar 2019

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The procurement process has commenced for an opportunity for up to 140MW of new high availability technology (envisaged to primarily comprise battery storage) to be contracted with EirGrid by September 2019. PQQ process now open for

Mar 2019

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We always said that the Brexit negotiations would go to the wire despite there being a two-year timeline. The Strasbourg meeting on the night of Monday, 11 March, when the UK and the EU tabled various documents may or may not be enough to get the House of Commons to approve the draft Withdrawal Agreement.  The EU documents are available here while the UK ones are available here. There was just...

Mar 2019

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If at first you don't succeed…dismiss again? A recent application before the High Court to prevent the dismissal of a senior employee, fired for allegedly making an offensive comment to a female co-worker, captured the media's attention.

Mar 2019

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On the domestic front, Director General of the CBI, Derville Rowland gave a speech in UCD on the lack gender diversity at senior management in the financial services industry. On the European front, ESMA published an opinion containing a revised set of draft regulatory and implementing technical standards (RTS/ITS) under the Securitisation Regulation. ESMA and EU securities regulators....

Mar 2019

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On the domestic front, it was a relatively busy month. The Government published the Brexit Omnibus Bill, the Deputy Governor of CBI presented a speech at the CBI Insurance Conference and the CBI also published the latest edition of the Intermediary Times. On the European front, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has issued Recommendations for the Insurance Sector...

Mar 2019

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There are no updates on the domestic side. However, from a European perspective, it has been a relatively busy month with ESMA publishing updates to its Q&As on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR) market structure and transparency topics. ESMA has also clarified the reporting and handling of derivatives data in the case of a no-deal Brexit.

Mar 2019

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On the domestic front, the CBI has issued a Notice of Intention in relation to the location requirement for directors and designated persons of Irish Fund Management Companies; From a European perspective, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published data on exposures of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) to Commercial Real Estate markets in the EU as of 31st December 2017.

Mar 2019

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On the domestic front, the CBI published the penultimate update on the Tracker Mortgage Examination; Derville Rowland, Director General, Financial Conduct of the CBI gave a speech on behaviour and culture in the Irish banking sector; On the European front, the ECB published a paper discussing markets, banks and shadow banks...

Mar 2019

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The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) issued a Markets Update on Thursday 7 March 2019 which clarified that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Mar 2019

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Speedread: The principles outlined by the Court of Appeal last week for assessing damages in defamation cases suggest that the recovery of 'windfall' awards may be a thing of the past. On 28 February 2019, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Kinsella v Kenmare Resources plc and Carvill, setting aside what had been the largest ever defamation award in the State. Background In the High Court,...