There are two broad categories of regulated investment funds in Ireland. The first category comprises undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities ("UCITS").

The Central Bank has announced that it intends to amend its requirements for loan originating qualifying investor AIFs (L-QIAIFs).

On 15 February 2013, the Central Bank of Ireland published updated versions of its UCITS Notices and Guidance Notes.

On 31 July 2015, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Petter v EMC Europe Ltd and Anor [2015] EWCA Civ 828, which was an appeal from the English High Court.

Matheson's Asset Management and Investment Funds group has produced a series of fact sheets on the key issues arising from the AIFMD which may be downloaded from the AIFMD Factsheets webpage.

The existing regulatory technical standards (RTS) on settlement discipline under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR)...

As a formal step towards achieving European passport-ability for Cayman Funds, the Government of the Cayman Islands have now gazetted the laws (the "Laws")

Finance and Capital Markets Partners Vincent McConnon and William Foot, knowledge management lawyer John Adams, senior associate Nicole Burke and senior associate Graham Bloomfield recently authored the Ireland Trends and Developments section of Chamber’s Securitisation 2026 Global Practice Guide.

The Central Bank of Ireland has announced positive changes to the rules applicable to Irish authorised Loan Origination Funds which increase the range of investments a LO Fund may make...

A recent SEC action against a US investment advisor for manipulating an auction of commercial real estate assets on behalf of one client at the expense of another highlights

By 30 July 2017 UCITS will need to comply with the terms of the ESMA Share Class Opinion.

In our latest European Securities Law Update we provide a high-level insight into the recently published technical standards relating to risk retention and disclosure requirements

With just 56 days to go until the UK is expected to leave the EU on 29 March, 2019, the asset management industry has finally received confirmation that arrangements involving the delegation of portfolio management by...

Walkers wishes to advise that the Irish Stock Exchange is implementing a new approach to the collection of annual listing fees in respect of CLO/CDO/CBO transactions.

On 13 November 2020, ESMA released its findings following the co-ordinated NCA supervisory review during February- March 2020 of liquidity in UCITS and AIFs...

The ICAV will offer a strategic alternative to the investment company and may also be used for establishing both UCITS and AIFs.

On 21 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) unexpectedly issued a consultation paper on the overhaul of the disclosure templates under Article 7...

Ireland has now transposed the AIFMD II Directive into national law through the publication of two statutory instruments: the European Union (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026...

The European ETF market has grown significantly, with over $2 trillion in ETFs domiciled in Ireland alone. However, launching ETFs across Europe involves navigating a complex landscape of regulators, exchanges...

Following on from the common supervisory action ("CSA") on costs and fees in UCITS carried our during 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA")...