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Ireland's implementation of AIFMD 2.0 brings significant regulatory changes for alternative investment funds, alongside evolving requirements for ESG disclosure and board effectiveness. The Central Bank of Ireland explores emerging opportunities in distributed ledger technology, tokenisation, and artificial intelligence while addressing future modifications to venture and growth capital fund regulations.

On 18 July 2017, the Government of Ireland took a major step in the process to reform Ireland's existing investment limited partnership legislation by approving the legal drafting of the ILP Bill.

On 21 April 2017, the Department of Finance announced the launch of a consultation on the regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland. The consultation will run until 2 June 2017.

The first half of 2021 saw continued strong growth in venture capital investment across a broad spectrum of business sectors and deal sizes, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association's latest VenturePulse survey...

This recovery follows a difficult second quarter when funding fell to €112.6m, its lowest level in a decade.

The funds industry has long been a major contributor to the Irish economy.

A Bill to amend The Investment Limited Partnerships Act, 1994, which governs the establishment and operation of regulated investment limited partnerships ("ILP")

Asset Management partner, Barry O'Connor, Corporate M&A partner, Brian McCloskey, and Tax partner, Kevin Smith, were delighted to take part in a panel discussion on Ireland's Updated Investment Limited Partnership Regime in association with the IVCA.

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFMD") is now effective as of 22 July 2013.

We are delighted to introduce this publication, produced by the Philip Lee corporate team in association with Experian.

Venture capital funding to Irish technology firms increased by 8.9% to €249.4m in the first quarter of 2021, up from €228.9m in the same period last year...

Published in association with William Fry, the latest report from the Irish Venture Capital Association shows the highest level of VC investment in Ireland to date but there has been a worrying drop in early-stage funding.

Following on from our July 2019 article on the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019 (the "Bill") (link here), the Bill progressed to the next stage of the Irish legislative process

"Crowdfunding: obtaining small amounts of individual funding from a large number of different sources through online platforms that match lenders and investors with businesses or individuals seeking finance".

Venture capital funding into Irish technology SMEs in the third quarter fell by 38% to €190m from €309m, in the same period last year...

The Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) has reported a record-breaking €532.8 million in venture capital investment into Irish technology SMEs for the first quarter of 2025...

IImportant measures for international investors in Ireland and investment managers with Irish investment funds and SPVs