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As previously highlighted by our colleagues (see here), the European Commission's Market Integration Package is designed to update Europe's financial services market for the 21st century.

On 7 December 2022, the European Commission published a series of proposed measures to further develop the EU's Capital Markets Union.

The European Commission's long-awaited Retail Investment Package (published yesterday, 24 May 2023) forms part of the 2020 Capital Markets Union Action Plan.

The European Parliament has approved the new ‘Listing Act' package, a set of legislative measures designed to make EU capital markets more attractive to companies and to facilitate access to capital for SMEs.

On 7 March 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published the 50th edition of its AIFMD Questions and Answers ("Q&A"), which provides important clarifications on the application of the prohibition.

The Central Bank of Ireland published its latest statistics on residential mortgage arrears this week, covering Q2 2023.

The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has launched a public consultation on targeted reforms to the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, proposing changes that could significantly impact Ireland's private funds landscape. The consultation addresses three key areas: increasing the maximum number of partners from 20 to 149, introducing a statutory whitelist of permitted activities for limited partners, and allowing greater flexibility regarding capital contributions and withdrawals.

The European Commission yesterday published a formal legislative proposalOpens in new window in connection with the current EU securitisation framework (the "Securitisation Legislative Proposal").

The Central Bank of Ireland’s revised Consumer Protection Code (the “Revised CPC”) will enter into force on 24 March 2026. The Revised CPC was published by the Central Bank of Ireland (the “CBI”) in March 2025 following an extensive review and consultation period.

"Corona Bonds" are proposed debt securities issued by an EU institution in lieu of individual EU Member States issuing debt securities.

The ECB recently published its Financial Stability Review (the "Review") which highlights how Europe's economic and financial policymakers have, where possible...

The EU Council adopted the regulation that will create the European Single Access Point (the ESAP Regulation) yesterday, 27 November 2023, paving the way for its publication in the Official Journal.

In our May 2015 publication entitled "EU Capital Markets Union", we outlined that the EU Commission had issued a consultation paper entitled "Building a Capital Markets Union".

The Council of the EU adopted the Listing Act package yesterday – it will be published in the Official Journal in Q4 2024.

The recent Irish Court of Appeal judgment in Promontoria (Oyster) DAC v Fox [2023] IEHC 76 provides clarity for lenders and funds in enforcing security.

When lending to an Irish company under English or US law, lenders must conduct specific searches at Irish public registries and asset registers. This article examines the essential due diligence searches...