Individual accountability in the regulated financial services sector moved a step closer with this week's publication of the heads of bill of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021.

With the dawn of the financial crisis now over a decade behind us, it is important to look back and understand the evolution of institutional investment structures that has taken place.

Ireland's implementation of AIFMD 2.0 brings significant regulatory changes for alternative investment funds, alongside evolving requirements for ESG disclosure and board effectiveness. The Central Bank of Ireland explores emerging opportunities in distributed ledger technology, tokenisation, and artificial intelligence while addressing future modifications to venture and growth capital fund regulations.

The CBI is accepting comments from stakeholders on this proposal until 26 March 2020.

In a statement published on 24 August 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") confirmed to regulated firms that its policy regarding the use of electronic signatures is that...

As one of the largest alternative investment fund centres in the world, Ireland has continued to evolve its regulatory framework and introduce innovative investment structures to meet the evolving needs of the market.

Walkers' Asset Management and Investment Funds team provides a comprehensive quarterly update on Irish legal and regulatory developments from April to June 2026, covering AIFMD II transposition, Central Bank guidance on liquidity management and board diversity, ESMA compliance findings, and the latest sustainable finance regulations including ESG ratings and SFDR 2.0 proposals.

This briefing is intended to assist fund managers in scoping the SFDR product-level disclosure obligations in effect from 1 January next.

The Central Bank has just issued industry letters to 3 types of market participants: a. Persons who transmit or execute orders, b. Issuers and c. Persons who act on behalf or on account of issuers.

On 3 December 2020, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published CP134, a consultation on new performance fee guidance for UCITS and certain types of retail AIFs.

Similar to debt markets worldwide, Private Credit has become a key feature of the Irish market with many of the largest and most innovative financings involving Ireland over the past number of years being financed...

The Irish Department of Finance has published a Progress Update on their ongoing review of the funds sector in Ireland. The review, under interlinked themes of open markets...

The long-awaited updated supervisory statement on the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") was recently published by the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs")...

The ECB's Governing Council has announced that the launch of T2, its new real-time gross settlement system which will replace TARGET2, will go ahead as planned on 20 March 2023.

Within the ILP and in contrast to similar vehicles in other jurisdictions the fund itself is regulated, which makes a significant difference to investors.

Outlined below is a short explanatory video of the Central Bank of Ireland's Administrative Sanctions Procedure ("ASP").

How the changing investment fund regulatory environment and the related operational complexity have elevated the role of the third-party administrator.

In this three-part video series, Cillian Bredin and Áine McCarthy consider the impact for fund management companies of the recently issued European Commission guidance on the SFDR...

In this three-part video series, Etain de Valera and Shane Coveney provide an overview of some of the key reforms being made to the AIFMD and UCITS frameworks.

In this three-part video series, Etain de Valera and Shane Coveney provide an overview of some of the key reforms being made to the AIFMD and UCITS frameworks.