The European Central Bank (ECB) is beginning to provide tangible guidance to financial institutions as to how climate change and environmental risks should be managed within an organisation.

With effect from 1 October 2010, the Central Bank Reform Act (the "Act") has created a new fully integrated Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") with a unitary board called the Central Bank Commission (the "Commission").

The Financial Regulator issued a revised policy note on October 5, 2007 in relation to physical short selling by UCITS.

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.

The Irish government has published in draft form its Personal Insolvency Bill, to which it gave a commitment under the EU/International Monetary Fund Programme of Financial Support for Ireland.

As part of the preparation for Solvency II implementation, the domestic Fitness and Probity Regime was reviewed in order to determine compatibility with Solvency II.

The Matheson Horizon Tracker describes key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments.

On 29 September, 2010 the Minister for Finance, Mr Brian Lenihan, TD, signed a Commencement Order bringing the Central Bank Reform Act, 2010 ("the Act") into law with effect from 1 October, 2010.

There have been a number of developments over the quarter:

The consultation by the European Central Bank (ECB) on its new draft Guide on governance and risk culture closes on 16 October 2024.

The European Commission has now set out the new disclosure templates to be used by EU credit institutions selling non-performing loans ("NPLs") under the Directive on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers...

The Central Bank of Ireland's (CBI) Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report 2026 (the Report) is published at a time of accelerating change.

The last of our 4 part Philip Lee Green Finance Series looks at the integration of the EU Green Deal measures. In Part 3 we touched on the importance of preventing

On 24 May 2021, the Department of Finance published its feedback statement (Feedback Statement) concerning the outcome of is public consultation on the exercise of national discretions...

DUBLIN (Dow Jones)--Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said plans by the Bank of Ireland Plc and other stricken lenders to make junior debt holders share the cost of recapitalizing the banks were in line with the government's aim of "appropriate" burden sharing.

The Payment Services Directive 2007/64/EC (the “PSD”) will become effective in Ireland on 1 November 2009 and will introduce a new EU-wide licensing regime for many firms and business that have up until now operated in an unregulated environment.

On 17 May 2021, the joint committee of the European Supervisory Authorities published their report on the implementation of the SROpens in new window.

Certain provisions of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010, reforming the Irish financial services regulatory structure, came into effect on 1 October, 2010 following the signing of a commencement order on 28 September, 2010.