The European Banking Authority ("EBA") Announcement and Mandate The European Banking Authority ("EBA") announced on 9 September 2019

The Central Bank of Ireland’s new Standards of Fitness and Probity came into effect on 1 December 2011.

MiFID investment firms are regulated financial service providers authorised to provide investment services in relation to financial instruments.

The ESAP Regulation was published in the Official Journal today, 20 December 2023.

Regulation (EU) 2019/876 (CRRII), Regulation (EU) 2019/877 (SRMRII), Directive (EU) 2019/878 (CRDV) and Directive 2019/879 (BRRDII),

The sanctions act as a deterrent to the banking sector to avoid the intentional or negligent breach of EU law or ECB decisions and regulations.

The EU Credit Servicing Directive was transposed into Irish law from 30 December 2023. It applies only to post-transposition sales and servicing of NPLs originated by EU banks...

This Implementation Notice sets out the Central Bank of Ireland's (Central Bank's) requirements and guidance in relation to the implementation of certain competent authority discretions arising under...

On 23 June 2021, the Director of Insurance Supervision, Domhnall Cullinan, spoke about the Central Bank of Ireland's ("CBI's") expectations for insurance firms and key challenges the industry faces...

Following on from the European Commission's recent proposal to amend EMIR, the EU Council (in its most recent compromise text) has suggested taking most physically-settled FX forwards out the scope...

When lending to an Irish company under English or US law, specific filing and registration requirements apply to security documents.

A summary of the revised technical specifications for the Solvency II valuation and Solvency Capital Requirements calculations.

Finance Act 2019 extended the tax deduction for the return paid on AT1 capital instruments to comparable instruments issued by non-financial institutions.

It's an important week from an EU financial services perspective, with the last European Parliament plenary session before the European elections in June 2024.

On 27 June 2022, the Minister for Finance signed three Statutory Instruments to complete the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/2034 (the "Investment Firms Directive" or "IFD")...

On 26 June 2021, the European regulatory authorities introduced new legislation, referred to as the Investment Firms Regulation EU 2019/2033 and Investment Firms Directive EU 2019/2034, which aims to establish a tailored prudential framework ...

The implementation of the Solvency II Directive into Irish law on the 1 January 2016 is a major development for the Irish insurance industry.

Solvency II, which came into effect on 1 January 2016, introduces a risk-based approach to the supervision of insurance companies.

The European Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) market is well established and involves the transfer of credit risk from a bank's portfolio of assets to a third party...

As Article 21c of CRD VI ushers in a new era for third-country access to the EU banking market, firms need clarity, strategy and the right expertise.