ArticleAsset Management & Investment Funds Update - May 2024Welcome to the May 2024 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update.IrelandFinance and BankingWilliam Fry LLP
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ArticleCentral Bank Announces Thematic Inspection Of UCITS Performance FeesThe firms identified for inspection are due to be notified in the coming days.IrelandFinance and BankingArthur Cox
ArticleCentral Bank Confirms PRIIPs KID Filing Requirements For UCITS And AIFs From 1 January 2024On 27 November 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published the 40th Edition of the UCITS Q&A. The 40th Edition revises Q&A ID 1109...IrelandFinance and BankingArthur Cox
ArticleCentral Bank Implements A Streamlined Authorisation Process For AIFMs Engaging In Loan OriginationOn 29 January 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published a note detailing the new authorisation-extension process for alternative investment...IrelandFinance and BankingMcCann FitzGerald LLP
ArticleCentral Bank Launches Consultation On Proposed Changes To Its Administrative Sanctions Procedure (ASP)The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has just launched a consultation on proposed changes to its ASP (here), which follows its recent consultation on the Individual Accountability...IrelandFinance and BankingArthur Cox
ArticleCentral Bank Of Ireland Confirms SFDR Level 2 Fast Track ConditionsOn 4 October 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") published formal confirmation of the fast track process for filings to implement the Level 2 requirements under the Sustainable...IrelandFinance and BankingMatheson
ArticleCentral Bank Of Ireland Issues Consultation On Removal Of Prohibition On Certain Third Party Guarantees And Security ArrangementsThe Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) has issued a consultation paper, CP162, seeking market feedback on a number of proposed enhancements to their AIF Rulebook including...IrelandFinance and BankingWalkers
ArticleCentral Bank of Ireland Set To Probe UCITS Performance Fee Practices Carty Consistent with a global review of fees by regulators and as part of its on-going supervision of investment funds, the Central Bank of Ireland has indicated that it is to undertake a thematic review of UCITS performance fees. IrelandFinance and BankingMaples Group
ArticleCentral Bank Removes Restrictions On Irish Funds Providing Third-Party GuaranteesAs part of this alignment, and reflecting the new harmonised EU framework for AIFs engaged in loan origination, the revised AIF Rulebook removes the prohibition on Qualifying Investor...IrelandFinance and BankingWilliam Fry LLP
ArticleChambers Global Practice Guide 2019: Ireland Capital Markets (Debt)Ireland Managing Partner Garry Ferguson, partners Jonathan Sheehan and Eoin O'Connor and of counsel Paddy Rath authoured the "Ireland: Law and Practice' chapter in the Chambers and Gobal Practice Guide on Capital Markets:Debt. IrelandFinance and BankingWalkers
ArticleCommission’s EMIR Recommendations Become EffectiveESMA has now issued a Questions and Answers paper aimed at competent authorities, to ensure the consistent application of EMIR, and to investors in a bid to provide clarity on the requirements under EMIR.IrelandFinance and BankingMason Hayes & Curran LLP
ArticleCommon Reporting Standard (CRS) UpdateThe common reporting standard framework was first released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the "OECD") in February 2014 as a result of significant political will...IrelandFinance and BankingWalkers
ArticleCP86 2.0 - A Review Or A Re-Set?In this episode, Stephen Carty, Funds & Investment Management partner in Dublin, shines the spotlight on CP86 2.0 where he explores whether the Central Bank of Ireland's thematic review of the regime was more of a re-set.IrelandFinance and BankingMaples Group
ArticleDebt Settlement Arrangement OverturnedThe debtor owed ACC Loan Management Limited (formerly ACC Bank plc) (the "Bank") the sum of €250,000 pursuant to a guarantee executed in 2004 and sought the protection of the Circuit Court...IrelandFinance and BankingMatheson
ArticleDigital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)DORA is part of the European Commission's Digital Finance Strategy designed to uplift existing information communications technology ("ICT") risk management requirements for financial entities and to consolidate.IrelandFinance and BankingArthur Cox