Ireland, over the last quarter of a century has become a major hub for cross-border distribution. It is one of the leading EU "exporting" jurisdictions for investment funds

At the start of the lockdown in March 2020 our Asset Management and Investment Funds Team initiated regular webinars to keep in touch with our clients, the director community and our contacts.

The FCA published a survey in June 2018 aimed at fund managers and other stakeholders addressing possible post-Brexit scenarios

The Central Bank of Ireland has completed its review of delegation practices across fund management companies, examining how the sector's dramatic growth to €5.6 trillion in assets has impacted oversight and governance frameworks. With 9,000 authorized funds now supported by 121 FMCs, the regulator has identified both effective practices and areas requiring enhancement across five critical operational domains. FMCs must now benchmark their policies against these supervisory expectations and implement

Following on from the introduction of the mandatory use of at least two liquidity management tools ("LMTs") by all UCITS and open-ended alternative investment funds ("AIFs")...

Ireland Cross-Border Fund Distribution.

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In July 2012 the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") issued a questions and answers paper on the cross-border notification of UCITS and the exchange of information between EU member state regulators ("Q&A").

On 26 March 2021 the EU and the UK confirmed that technical discussions on the text of the Memorandum of Understanding referred to in the December 2020, Joint Declaration on Financial Services Regulatory Cooperation, had concluded.

As part of a European Securities and Markets Authority's ("ESMA") Common Supervisory Action (the "CSA") on the supervision of costs and fees of UCITS, the Central Bank of Ireland...

The European Commission has formally proposed extending the transitional period under the EU Crowdfunding Regulation by 12 months from 10 November 2022 to 10 November 2023.

Attached is a useful Norton Rose Fulbright compendium of the approach of individual Member States to relations with the UK in the financial services sector following the transition period...

The EU Regulation on long-term investment funds (ELTIF Regulation) was published in the Official Journal on 19 May 2015.

The new EU interest limitation rules will significantly impact the tax position of asset holding companies and downstream investment structures in the EU for international investment funds.

The European Commission has published further FAQ on sustainability disclosures under Article 8 of EU Taxonomy Regulation.

On 18 July 2013, the European Securities and Markets Authority issued guidelines on the model of the Memorandum of Understanding concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information related to the supervision of AIFMD entities.

The May 2023 edition of our Horizon Scanner: Finance looks at the developments we expect to see over the next few weeks, including the start of the trilogues on the EU AML package tomorrow (11 May 2023).

In an important speech, Derville Rowland, the Central Bank of Ireland's Deputy Governor for Consumer and Investor Protection has outlined the Central Bank's approach to ETFs in Ireland.

In June of this year, the Minister for Finance gave effect to the European Union (Payment Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (the "Payment Services Regulations").

This first article in a two-part series provides updates on timing and deliverables arising from Level 1 and Level 2 of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation as well as its impact on AIFMD, MiFID II and UCITS.