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The legislative measures include amendments to the cross-border distribution provisions of the UCITS Directive and AIFM Directive with the aim of reducing barriers to the distribution of funds and will be signed into law today, 20 June, 2019.

As further set out in our previous client briefing, the EBA Guidelines on outsourcing arrangements apply to institutions within the EBA's regulatory scope, including credit institutions, certain investment firms, ...

The expanding alternative UCITS market is currently estimated to exceed EUR 375 billion in assets.

The Department of Finance has previously indicated to the market in its national discretions feedback statement that Ireland will be largely adopting a copy-out approach when implementing MiFID II.

The MiFID II Regulations transpose Directive 2014/65/EU on Markets in Financial Instruments, along with elements of Regulation 600/2014/ EU, the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation...

Given the popularity of Ireland's funds industry, it comes as little surprise that Irish funds frequently feature in the fund finance landscape and increasingly so in the context of subscription line financings.

The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") confirmed on Friday 24 May the notification window for funds wanting to avail of the Temporary Permissions Regime ("TPR") will be extended until 30 October 2019.

Partner Donna Ager, who is part of our Global Asset Finance team, was recently invited onto Time on Wing's podcast.

In a welcome clarification on 4 February, the CBI published a Notice of Intention on its website in relation to the location requirements for directors and designated persons of Irish fund management and self-managed companies ("ManCos").

Irish court-sanctioned $1.65bn cross border restructuring recognised by US Bankruptcy Court.

Budget 2019, announced on 9 October 2018, is aimed at delivering a balanced budget which will build strength and resilience for the future, with significant investment in housing, Brexit preparation, the health service...

The Irish Minister for Finance today published Finance Bill 2015. Among the proposed measures is a welcome change in the tax treatment of certain travel and subsistence expenses of non-Irish resident non-executive directors.

The first draft of Finance Bill 2017 published on 19 October 2017 provided for this increase as well as certain transitional measures.

Section 110 companies that have no exposure to Irish real estate assets are unaffected by the proposed amendments.

The European Banking Authority ("EBA") Guidelines on ICT and security risk management (the "Guidelines") set out detailed requirements regarding the information and communication technology ("ICT")...

The report highlights major updates, including the launch of Ireland's ELTIF 2.0 framework and significant changes in cross-border notifications under AIFMD and the UCITS Directive

Ireland Cross-Border Fund Distribution.

Despite a recent trend in the press to focus on economic challenges: whether trade wars, Brexit, or in Japan's case the impact of negative interest rates, and the structural problems posed by an aging population...