May 2017

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On the Domestic Front: Director of Asset Management Supervision in the Central Bank address MiFID II; On the European Front: ESMA publishes final technical advice to the European Commission regarding supervisory fees for Trade Repositories under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation; ESMA publishes update to Q&As regarding the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation

May 2017

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On the Domestic Front: Irish Funds have revised Guidance Paper 6 On the European Front: ESMA updated Q&As on the application of the AIFMD Directive and the UCITS Directive; European Parliament adopts the Money Market Funds Regulation.

May 2017

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On the Domestic Front: The Central Bank's "Thematic Inspection of Regulatory Reporting by International Banks" is published. On the EU Front: European Central Bank Annual Report 2016 is published; European Central Bank publishes Guidelines and Recommendations specifying common specifications for the exercise of discretions available in relation to less significant institutions.

May 2017

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Decision of the High Court in BAM PPP Ireland Limited and Balfour Beatty Ireland Limited v National Roads Authority 7 (21 February 2017).

May 2017

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Ireland, which has long had a close relationship with the UK, hopes to be an attractive gateway to Europe for Britain in a post-Brexit world.

May 2017

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The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) (consisting of data protection regulators from the 28 Member States) has adopted an Opinion 01/2017 on the proposed e-Privacy Regulation, which will repeal and replace the e-Privacy Directive.

Apr 2017

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Peter Walker, Partner and Jack Sheehy, Partner, in the Banking and Financial Services Department discuss the Irish legal guide to securitisation.

Apr 2017

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On the International Front we look at ESMA Q&As on application of AIFMD and the UCITS Directive, the ESMA study on the operation of home and host responsibilities under AIFMD and UCITS, the MMF Regulation, the CMU mid-term review, PRIIPs and Anti- Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terror/ Corruption.

Apr 2017

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In Irish practice developments: we look at some approaching deadlines and Irish Funds Guidance Paper 6 on Investment Restriction Breaches, Pricing Errors, Compensation and Reporting.

Apr 2017

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Under the Fourth Anti Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD), who will have access to information on beneficial ownership (BO information) of VCC or ICAV funds?