Dec 2016

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank publishes updates to Solvency II reporting materials; Insurance Ireland calls for reform of life assurance levy and exit tax; Insurance Ireland welcomes recommendations to address rising cost of insurance.

Dec 2016

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On the Domestic Front: Central Bank of Ireland publishes Q&A on the Transparency Regulatory Framework; Central Bank of Ireland publishes Feedback Statement on Consultation on the Central Bank Investment Firms Regulations 2015

Dec 2016

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We are delighted with readers' response to our new Question of the month in the Front Page. Thank you. We invite readers to send topical questions which would be of general interest to readers to A&L Goodbody Investment Funds. Each month we choose a question and publish the question and answer. We look forward to hearing from you.

Nov 2016

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ESMA Q&A on application of AIFMD

Nov 2016

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The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: Upcoming approaching deadlines

Nov 2016

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The Supreme Court has given leave to Permanent TSB to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal in Permanent TSB plc v Langan [2016] IECA 229, which held that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction to grant orders for possession of residential investment properties as they were "not rateable" under Section 15 of the Valuation Act 2001 (the 2001 Act) and were not covered by the Land and Conveyancin

Nov 2016

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This case concerned the termination of two demand guarantees by the Plaintiff who was acting as personal representative of an individual who had died in 2012 (the Deceased). The Plaintiff argued that as the guarantees had been terminated, no debt was owed to Ulster Bank Ireland Limited (the Bank).

Nov 2016

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Some good news, on 25 November, the Central Bank announced an important change to their requirements for loan originating Qualifying Investor AIFs (LQIAIFs) which is to take effect from 3 January 2017 when a revised AIF Rulebook will be published.

Nov 2016

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The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the Convention on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (Cape Town Convention) has taken effect in Australia, Ivory Coast, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Nov 2016

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Last month, two Uber drivers in London won their test cases before the UK Employment Tribunal (the ET). The ET held that they were "workers" and not self-employed individuals. The significance of this finding is that as "workers" they are entitled to certain minimum statutory protections.