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The second Shareholders' Rights Directive ("SRD II") is due to be transposed into the national law of all EU member states by 10 June 2019.

The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group of the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") on 14 November 2019 welcomed ESMA's

John Schindler, the Secretary General of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), delivered a speech last month on financial headwinds.

Given the increased investment opportunities granted under UCITS III and the subsequent clarification of the terms "transferable securities" and "money market instruments", UCITS provide for a very broad spectrum of fund types and exposures, from relatively plain vanilla equity and bond products through to UCITS taking exposures to hedge fund and commodities indices, with UCITS fund of funds, money market and cash funds and index replicators also provided for.

As an international fund domicile, Ireland ranks amongst the most flexible and advantageous in the onshore world.

The Central Bank has been given extensive powers relating to the enforcement of the SFTR, PRIIP and the Benchmarks Regulation regimes following the recent publication of domestic regulations.

On 15 April 2025, the European Commission published a targeted consultation on the integration of EU capital markets (Consultation).

Funds Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Update, October - December 2019.

On 24 May 2023, the Minister for Finance published the European Union (Requirements for Credit Transfers and Direct Debits in Euro) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 [S.I. No. 253 of 2023...

The Central Bank has also voiced its concern about the governance and control framework in place in certain Man Co.

The International Capital Market Association's Asset Management and Investors Council published a statement in March 2021 highlighting the "paucity of relevant and standardised ESG information" for investors in asset-backed securities.

The latest statistics published by the Central Bank of Ireland show that the net asset value (NAV) of Irish-domiciled funds exceeded EUR3.7 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2021,...

Welcome to the latest edition of our Asset Management and Investment Funds Legal and Regulatory Update.

On 18 February 2022, ESMA published its latest update relating to AIFs' exposures to commercial real estate. This update contains data as of 31 December 2020.

This article outlines a recent judgment where the Irish High Court refused to restrain the presentation of a winding up petition.

Earlier this year, revisions to the European Long-Term Investment Fund ("ELTIF") framework via Regulation 2023/606/EU (the "ELTIF Regulation")...

Following recent industry engagement, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) has confirmed to industry that its finalised rulebook, which will provide for the establishment of Irish...

In 2019, the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment launched a consultation process requesting feedback on the potential for reform of the limited partnership structure...