Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms Jan 2018

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At a domestic level, the Central Bank published the 4th edition of its investment firms questions and answers in line with the implementation of MiFID II and MiFIR. From a European perspective, MiFID II and MiFIR related activity also dominated with ESMA issuing a number of updates in connection with the transposition of the legislation.

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Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Insurance Jan 2018

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From a domestic perspective, the Central Bank issued new quarterly statistics; the Cost of Insurance Working Group published report on employer and public liability insurance. On the European front, EIOPA published a report on group supervision and also consulted on draft regulatory standards concerning professional indemnity insurance under the Insurance Distribution Directive.

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Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Banking Jan 2018

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On a domestic front, the main update this month is that the Central Bank has issued Irish its responses to the January 2018 Bank Lending Survey. From a European perspective, the EBA has updated its Single Rulebook in relation to CRR and BRRD and has also published its final guidelines on disclosure requirements of IFRS 9.

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