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 11 January 2019, the CSSF published a Joint Statement with the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI") on the treatment of share cancellation under the MMF Regulation.

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...

Corporate M&A partner Fergus Bolster together with Tax partner Mark O'Sullivan and Financial Institutions senior associate Lorna Daly look at the regulation of ICOs in Ireland.

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.

Budget 2020, announced on 8 October 2019, has been developed in the shadow of Brexit and influenced by the increasing likelihood of a no-deal outcome.

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 article, Nollaig Murphy provides an analysis of the Capital Markets landscape in Ireland and recent legal and regulatory developments.

John Breslin and David Burke provide an overview of the corporate lending market in Ireland, examining recent legal and regulatory developments and tax considerations.

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.

For Irish firms looking for guidance on how to interpret elements of MiFID II, a good starting point would be the many policy statements issued by the FCA.

One of the unintended consequences of MiFID II is the cooling effect unbundling of research from dealing commission is likely to have on small and medium size companies.