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The Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme has since it was launched by the People's Bank of China, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in 20021 been the principal method for foreign investors to invest directly in the securities markets of China.

On 2 March 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") published its Central Bank") published its Securities Markets Risk Outlook Report for 2023Opens in new window ("Report").

The European Parliament gave its final approval to the UCITS V Directive on 15 April 2014.

The Regulation is expected to be published in the Official Journal of the EU shortly and will come into force 20 days after publication.

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The EU's framework known as the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a harmonised regulatory framework to strengthen the digital operational resilience of the EU financial sector.

The following are key dates and deadlines in Q2 2025 along with possible impacts and action items arising for fund managers.

The Central Bank of Ireland Governor addresses Europe's fragmented single market and its impact on capital formation, while new compliance assessments reveal governance weaknesses across MiFID firms. Meanwhile, AMLA advances its supervisory framework and the European Commission launches a comprehensive review of crypto-asset regulations.

On 10 July 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a consultation paper containing certain draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) measures relating to the amendments.

In 2011 UCITS self-managed investment companies went through the exercise of updating SMIC Business Plans in order to ensure compliance by SMICs with the relevant requirements of the Directive by 1 July, 2011.

CRD IV comprises a new "Capital Requirements Directive" and related "Capital Requirements Regulation".

The European Union (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Regulations 2013 gave effect to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in Ireland.

On 28 November 2024, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank"), Sharon Donnery, delivered a speechOpens in new window ("Speech") at the Fintech Ireland Summit 2024.

Ireland is home to a significant number of investment firms regulated under the legislative framework...

Lawyers advising a lender who is proposing to make a loan to a borrower incorporated or doing business in another jurisdiction need to be aware of a variety of issues that can affect the structure...

The European Commission's Market Integration and Supervision Package represents the most substantial EU capital markets reform since MiFID II, proposing to transfer supervisory powers to ESMA and harmonise fragmented regulatory frameworks across trading, post-trading and asset management.

The Irish Stock Exchange ("ISE") is recognised internationally as a major listing centre for investment funds, a reputation which has grown since the first fund was listed in 1989.