On 7 March 2025, the Central Bank published the fiftieth edition of its AIFMD Questions & Answers (Q&A) document. The revised edition provides helpful and timely clarifications relevant to fund finance arrangements...

Following a review of the Irish funds industry and wide engagement with industry participants, discussed in our earlier blog here, the Department of Finance has issued its Final Report on the Funds Sector 2030.

On 5 April last, the Commission issued its third SFDR Q&A with responses to questions raised by the ESAs last September and revisions to certain previous Q&A...

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published the official translations of its guidelines on funds' names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the "Guidelines") in August 2024.

Ireland's updated AIF Rulebook now allows Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Funds (QIAIFs) to guarantee third-party obligations, fundamentally changing how fund finance structures operate.

One of many hot topics in the private fund market in 2025 was the intersection between fund finance and structured finance and the use of securitisation technology to help financial institutions to manage their balance sheets and to allow asset managers to expand their capital raising efforts.

Following the announcement by the Central Bank, on 29 April 2024, of the introduction of macroprudential measures for Irish-authorised GBP-denominated Liability Driven Investment...

The Central Bank of Ireland published Consultation Paper 162 (CP162) on September 9, 2025, proposing important amendments to its AIF Rulebook that the private asset industry has been eagerly awaiting.

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On 7 March 2023, the Council of the EU (the Council) adopted the amending regulation to the ELTIF Regulation.

The Central Bank of Ireland's (Central Bank) Alternative Investment Fund Rulebook (AIF Rulebook) currently contains a prohibition on Irish Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Funds...

Welcome to the October 2025 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update.

The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) has released an updated version of its AIF Rulebook with a number of enhancements including, in a fund finance context, the removal of the historical regulatory...

An investment fund in Ireland is typically established as an umbrella fund – a fund which is divided into sub-funds with segregated liability.

For new lending arrangements entered into by an EU-domiciled fund after 11 July 2026 with a non-EU lender, that lender will need to have an authorised branch...

As noted on the Central Credit Register ("CCR") page1, the next phase of reporting under the Credit Reporting Act is about to begin. Where a reportable credit agreement...

Welcome to the August 2024 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update.

Ireland's Central Bank has updated its AIF Rulebook, removing restrictions on third-party guarantees and enabling more efficient fund financing structures.

Welcome to the August 2025 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update.

On 5 May 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its Feedback Statement to Consultation Paper 162 (CP162) together with a revised edition of the Alternative Investment Fund Rulebook (AIF Rulebook).