Jun 2015

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Dr Vincent Power, examines the Irish regime relating to cartels and leniency in Ireland.

Jun 2015

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Lars Frisell, advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, gave an address entitled 'Resolution of the Irish banking crisis: Hard-earned lessons for Europe' to the Financial Safety Net Conference in Sweden.

Jun 2015

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In its report, the CBI discusses the improvements that the Irish economy and banking sector were displaying throughout 2014 and continue to display.

Jun 2015

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A new process for submitting the net asset values (NAV) for listed investment funds will be implemented by the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) in September 2015. Currently NAVs are submitted by email to nav@ise.ie or autonav@ise.ie.

Jun 2015

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The CBI and ISE have published their responses to the European Commission's green paper on building a Capital Markets Union (CMU).

Jun 2015

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On 14 May 2015, CBI advised that it is open to receive formal submissions of Solvency II preparatory phase reporting. I

Jun 2015

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An overview of the nature and extent of securities litigation in Ireland.

Jun 2015

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In El Majdoub Jaouad El Majdoub v CarsOnTheWeb.Deutschland GmbH [2015] (C-322/14) (21 May 2015) the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) ruled that the method of accepting general terms and conditions of a contract for sale (which includes a jurisdiction clause) by 'click-wrapping', complied with the formalities set out in Article 23 of the Brussels I Regulation.

Jun 2015

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The Minister for Justice has published the General Scheme of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015 to empower the courts to award Periodic Payment Orders (PPOs), instead of the current lump sum award, to catastrophically injured persons. The proposals are aimed at providing financial security to those who have been catastrophically injured and require long term care.

May 2015

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On the International Front, we look at the AIFMD Q&A, UCITS and EMIR, Money Market Funds, ELTIFs, Capital Markets Union, Investment-based crowdfunding, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Wire Transfer Regulation, Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System, Draft technical standards under CSDR, UCITS V, MAR, MiFID II Directive, MIFIR and Transparency Directive.