Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank of Ireland releases statement on Contracts for Difference, binary options and other speculative products; Central Bank of Ireland releases Industry Letter in relation to themed inspection of the Structured Retail Products market. On the EU Front: UK Financial Conduct Authority publishes consultation on its implementation of MiFID II

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Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Funds

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank of Ireland publishes its Regulatory Service Standards Performance Report for January to June 2016; On the EU Front: EU Commission published its report on the Remuneration Rules for Credit Institutions and Investment Firms; IOSCO publishes a consultation report on good practices for the termination of investment funds.

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Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Banking

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On the Domestic Front: Department of Justice and Equality publishes outline of "Scheme of Aid and Advice on Home Mortgage Arrears"; Central Bank of Ireland publishes Economic Letter on "Private Placement Instruments and the Wholesale Funding of the Banking System in Ireland".

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Shipping Law in Ireland 2016

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Vincent Power, Catherine Duffy and Eileen Roberts, Partners at A&L Goodbody, provide an overview of shipping law, the shipping industry, regulation and the legislative framework in Ireland.

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The Front Page - Q&A: Aug 2016

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To coincide with back to school season, we are including a Question of the month in the Front Page. We invite readers to send topical questions which would be of general interest to readers to A&L Goodbody Investment Funds - frontpage@algoodbody.com. Each month we will choose a question and publish the question and answer. We look forward to hearing from you

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Banking, burden-sharing and State aid -The Commission’s Communication on aid to the banking sector is valid

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With the current State aid issues regarding recapitalisation of banks in Italy and the on-going post-Financial crisis rescue of banks across the EU (including Ireland), the Court of Justice has given a preliminary ruling following a reference from a Slovenian court which queried the compatibility of the 2013 Commission Communication on aid to the banking sector in the context of burden-sharing

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