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On 31 January 2025, the European Commission ("Commission") published a letter (dated 21 January 2025) that it had sent to the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs") ("Letter").

The Irish Stock Exchange is a leading global exchange for the listing of a range of debt securities.

The European Commission has proposed reforms to the EU securitisation framework to address specific impediments to bond issuance and (non-bank) investment.

The purpose of this Note is to set out the recent trends, key features and issues in relation to HoldCo Financings in the Irish market.

ESMA, the EBA and EIOPA (the ESAs) published their Progress Reports yesterday on greenwashing in the financial sector.

On 21 October 2015, ESMA published a translation of its Guidelines on the application of the definition of commodity derivatives and their classification under C6 and C7 listed in Section C, Annex I of MiFID.

The provisionally agreed text of the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) Regulation is now available. Next steps are formal ratification by both the EU Council and the European Parliament...

As flagged in our previous update, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has published three further Brexit focused opinions.

Ireland is a leading jurisdiction for the establishment of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) for structured finance transactions, particularly repackagings, securitisations, LPN structures, CLOs and CDOs, asset-backed commercial paper programmes, corporate and leverage finance structures, fund-linked structures, life settlement issues and a host of other receivables financing transactions.

In its 30 September 2015 Capital Markets Union Action Plan, the European Commission confirmed its intention to modernise the existing Prospectus Directive...

On 26 February 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published its Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report 2026 (the "2026 Report"). The Report sets out the Central Bank's assessment...

In 2013, the international capital markets (particularly within the EU) continued to endure the effects of pre-2011 economic crises and uncertainties albeit with some tentative signs of recovery in certain Member States.

On 24 May 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an updated Q&A on the application of AIFMD and its implementing measures.

The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism's (AMLA) consultation on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on pecuniary sanctions...

The Market Integration Package forms part of the European Commission's broader Savings and Investments Union (SIU) initiative, and aims to deepen and integrate EU capital markets and promote efficient supervision.

This Note is intended to be used to facilitate the signing and closing of a loan financing where a borrower, guarantor, or security provider (each, an obligor)...

The EU Prospectus Regulation, which governs disclosure requirements in relation to equity and non-equity securities offered to the public and/or admitted to trading on a regulated market...