A UCITS management company must be appointed in respect of all Irish UCITS.

Emergency banking legislation that was introduced two years ago to give the Irish Minister for Finance extensive powers in the restructuring and recapitalisation of banks has been extended.

The reporting of guarantee data to the Central Bank of Ireland's Central Credit Register will commence on 1 February 2025.

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have launched a public consultation on the second batch of draft technical standards under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

The Digital Services Bill 2023 ("DSB") has been published and endorsed by Simon Coveney, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Dara Calleary the Minister for Trade Promotion...

A UCITS management company must be appointed in respect of all Irish UCITS.

In-scope firms (such as investment firms, insurance undertakings, management companies, credit institutions, crypto-asset service providers...

New legislation brought into force by the outgoing Irish government is a welcome step in helping Irish business meet the challenges posed by Brexit.

Ireland's Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 has been signed into law, establishing the AI Office of Ireland as the central coordinating authority for EU AI Act compliance. The legislation creates a distributed oversight model involving multiple national bodies and introduces comprehensive supervision, enforcement mechanisms, and regulatory sandboxes to balance innovation with regulatory compliance.

Key hires were made by the ODCE in 2017 with a view to enhancing its investigative capabilities, according to its 2017 annual report.

Following a protracted period of intense lobbying at European level, the European Parliament and the EU Council recently finalised their respective drafts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.

On July 1, 2010 the European Commission introduced a new programme of legislative changes with respect to the investment funds known as UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities).

Irish university students are to explore new ways of growing the economy after the UK's vote to leave the EU as part of a new competition launched today by leading Irish law firm Matheson.

UCITS IV legislation is signed into law.

A UCITS can invest in a diverse range of liquid investments such as transferable securities, bank deposits, money market instruments, financial derivatives and units of other funds either as a fund of funds or a feeder fund.

The Eurozone has not received much positive economic publicity in the international press recently.

In 21 October 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final report and draft regulatory technical standards ("RTS") for open-ended loan-originating alternative investment funds...

Significant risk management obligations are on the horizon under the proposed AI Act. While we are a couple of years away from its implementation, businesses must consider these incoming obligations today.