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On 1 February 2023, the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022Opens in new window (the "Bill") was passed by Dáil Eireann.

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The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has published a Consultation Paper on Cross-Industry Guidance on Outsourcing (CP) which is accompanied by draft Cross-Industry Guidance on Outsourcing (Guidance).

The Central Bank of Ireland's Online Reporting System is now fully operational and Regulatory Returns for Irish authorised collective investment schemes are now to be filed through it.

On 5 November 2014, the Central Bank of Ireland published the latest editions of its UCITS and AIFMD Q&A documents.

Strong demand for CLOs has continued to drive incorporation of special purpose vehicles in Ireland, with the latest market data demonstrating a solid uptrend over the past year...

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.

ESMA has published draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) which will postpone the application of the CSDR mandatory buy-in regime for 3 years.

This was the first imposition of a sanction by the Central Bank where there has been a loss of client funds from cyber-fraud as a direct result of the firm's regulatory breaches.

The Department of Finance in Ireland (the "Department") has now published a Feedback Statement following its 2024 consultation on the transposition...

While seeking to ensure that its approach to supervising payment institutions and e-money firms remains

As further set out in our previous client briefings here and here the European Banking Authority ("EBA") Guidelines on outsourcing arrangements (the "Guidelines") come into effect on 30 September 2019

On 18 September 2023, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group ("EFRAG") announced that it is reactivating its "sector-specific" communities (ie, stakeholder groups)...

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.

Banks and other financial institutions operate in a highly regulated environment. Issues frequently arise where an institution has breached a regulatory requirement but seeks to enforce its contractual rights.

European securities regulators are launching a comprehensive assessment of crypto-asset service providers' digital operational resilience, with a particular focus on custody activities and distributed ledger technology risks. The exercise will examine how firms manage critical areas including key storage, transaction controls, incident response, and third-party dependencies under the newly enforceable Digital Operational Resilience Act.

On 16 November 2016 ESMA published an updated Q&A on the application of AIFMD.

A UCITS may be established in Ireland as a single fund or as an umbrella fund comprising one or more sub-funds, each with a different investment objective and policy. UCITS are typically established as umbrella funds and the segregation of liability between sub-funds is achieved either by law (as is the case for an investment company or ICAV) or by contract. Each sub-fund may comprise different classes of units or shares. Typically, classes of units or shares are issued to allow for different fee arrangemen