Our ESG Advisory Group continues to closely monitor new developments concerning the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD").

Following industry consultation, including with the Irish Debt Securities Association, on 8th November, 2013 the Central Bank of Ireland issued an update to their Questions and Answers on the Alternative Investment Funds Managers Directive and the Commission Delegated Regulation No 231/2013 originally published in May of this year.

On 18 February 2015, the European Commission (the "Commission") published its Green Paper on Building a Capital Markets Union ("CMU") inviting contributions from all interested parties by 13 May 2015...

On 12 July 2013, the European Securities and Market Authority ("ESMA") published a discussion paper (the "Discussion Paper") on the clearing obligations applicable under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation ("EMIR"), on which they are seeking stakeholder’s views on regulatory technical standards ("RTS") which will implement provisions of EMIR.

The Central Bank issued a statement today in response to the European Securities and Markets Supervisory Authority (ESMA) statement on 31 January 2019 addressing EMIR Refit implementation.

On 29 March 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an updated questions and answers document ("Q&As") on the application of EU Directive 2009/65/EC

The Central Bank of Ireland has outlined the process through which revised Business Plans of authorised UCITS self-managed investment companies will be filed with the Central Bank.

ESMA has clarified a number of technical matters relating to reporting to EU Member State regulators under Articles 3, 24 and 42 of AIFMD, including the following...

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The failure of German payments provider Wirecard in June 2020 continues to have consequences.

A securitisation repository centrally collects and maintains the records of securitisations.

As readers will be aware from our previous client briefing, ESMA published Guidelines on Liquidity Stress Testing in UCITS and AIFS (the "Guidelines") in September 2019.

The Companies Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. 169 of 2015) was signed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, on 1 May 2015.

The Prospectus Regulation, which has applied since 21 July 2019, introduced various amendments to the risk factor regime in prospectuses.

The Companies Act 2014 (the "Act") came into operation on 1 June 2015 and has introduced significant reforms in company law in Ireland.

Ireland has for many years been the premier European location for activities to support the global cross border debt issuance market. Ireland provides a responsible,

On 8 July 2013, the European Securities and Market Authority ("ESMA") issued a consultation paper on regulatory technical standards ("RTS") applicable to the assessment of proposed acquisitions and increases in holdings in investment firms (the "Consultation Paper").

Liquidity risk in funds has and continues to be a subject of focus for both national and international regulators/authorities. In April 2018, the European Systemic Risk Board ("ESRB") ...

The process for submitting NAVs to the ISE moves online from Monday 28 September 2015. It will operate through the ISE's online portal www.isedirect.ie.

Issuers of retail debt securities listed on EU regulated markets must prepare their annual financial reports using the European Single Electronic Reporting Format (ESEF) for financial ...