Feb 2025

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Mobile phones feature as a very practical and recurrent issue in dawn raids.

Feb 2025

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Domestically, the Central Bank of Ireland publishes guide to submitting DORA major ICT-related incident and significant cyber threat reports. At European level, the European Banking Authority consults on guidelines on ESG scenario analysis.

Feb 2025

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Domestically, the CBI publishes updates to its guidance documents. At European level, ESMA reminds market participants that the new regime for the reporting of over the counter transactions for post-trade transparency purposes became fully operational.

Feb 2025

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Domestically, the Minister for Finance imposes restrictions on compensation available under the Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Act 2024. At European level, amendments to Solvency II and the Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive published.

Feb 2025

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Domestically, the Central Bank of Ireland sent their phase 2 liquidity management tools survey to all fund management companies. At European level, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions consults on liquidity risk management.

Feb 2025

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Domestically, the Department of Finance consults on the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive VI (Regulation EU 2024/1619). At European level, the European Banking Authority publishes its final guidelines on the management of ESG risks.

Feb 2025

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In the last issue of ALG’s ESG & Sustainability bulletin, we discussed what insurers could do to combat climate risk and the protection gap in light of recent extreme weather events at home and abroad. In this article, we consider the possible future use of parametric insurance as a solution for these growing problems.

Feb 2025

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In the recent case of Mary Tracy v. Smurfit Kappa Ireland Limited t/a the Educational Company of Ireland, the Workplace Relations Commission ordered an employer to pay a total of €64,000.

Feb 2025

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The Central Bank of Ireland has announced the discontinuation of its requirement for the general partner of an Irish Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) to be authorised as an AIF management company.

Feb 2025

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A unit trust is a contractual fund structure constituted by trust deed. A unit trust is not a separate legal entity and does not have legal personality.