The Irish Companies Registration Office has confirmed that the launch of a central beneficial ownership register for companies and industrial and provident societies will be delayed to Q4 2017.

The Guidelines will become effective two months after publication on ESMA's website.

Arthur Cox LLP presents key regulatory developments in European financial services for May 2026, covering the final compromise texts for PSD3 and PSR, the Central Bank of Ireland's integration of crypto-asset...

Today the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA"), the EU's securities markets regulator, published Questions and Answers ("Q&A") on the SFDR Delegated Regulation RTS...

Central Bank Update UCITS Q&A – KIID Filing / Performance Fees.

The European Commission announced today (10 February 2016) that it is extending the deadline for the application of MiFID II, by 1 year, to 3 January 2018.

As Irish legal counsel to the majority of the Irish incorporated public companies solely listed on a U.S. stock exchange, to whom the Consultation Paper is particularly relevant, Arthur Cox engaged with, and made a submission to ISS on 10 November 2016.

In a recent article for the Irish Independent, Greg Glynn and Emma Dunne of the Arthur Cox Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group explain how the stage is set for the the US SEC...

In this article, Nollaig Murphy provides an analysis of the Capital Markets landscape in Ireland and recent legal and regulatory developments.

It is widely known in the market that banks, reluctant to lend due to regulatory constraints, have left a vacuum which has created a demand for other reliable sources of funding.

The Central Bank of Ireland statistics for Q2 2012 show further growth of Irish investment funds.

When the EU Central Securities Depositories Regulation ("CSDR") was originally adopted in 2014, a form of "mid-term review" was included in the text, as the EU Commission...

On 4 November 2015, the Central Bank issued a markets update on a number of topics.

The Article provides that a UCITS shall not invest more than 10% of its assets in transferable securities or money market instruments other than those referred to in Article 50(1).

CSA on fund valuation will be conducted by national competent authorities throughout 2022.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today closed its Call for Evidence (CfE) on the review of the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (EAD). The CfE was published in May. It followed a request...

As part of a European Securities and Markets Authority's ("ESMA") Common Supervisory Action (the "CSA") on the supervision of costs and fees of UCITS, the Central Bank of Ireland...

On 1 November 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland, published its European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) consultation paper (the "CP") which is now open for industry feedback for an expedited...

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") has published an opinion on the topic of UCITS share classes (the "Opinion")...

There are two broad categories of regulated investment funds in Ireland. The first category comprises undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities ("UCITS").