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2009 saw a significant increase in the number of UCITS being established which pursue what would typically be considered to be alternative investment strategies. This trend is expected to continue in 2010.

The Cayman Islands Private Funds Law, 2020 (the "Law") was enacted on 7 February 2020 and requires that certain closed ended funds should be registered with ...

In October 2020, the Crowdfunding Regulation ((EU) 2020/1503) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Crowdfunding Regulation establishes an EU regulatory regime ...

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its much-anticipated sustainability omnibus proposal under which it has proposed a significant overhaul...

On 7 May 2020, the European Commission published an action plan designed to strengthen the EU's framework for preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. This note provides an overview of the main features of the plan.

The Statutory Audit Directive 2014/43/EU ("SAD") together with associated regulation (EU) 537/2014 (the "Regulation") require public-interest entities to rotate their auditors every 10 years.

Across the world the shifts towards online shopping and digital financial services has seen the rapid growth of the ‘buy now, pay later' sector.

The Liquidity Scheme is neither new to Europe nor to Ireland. For good reason, it is similar in concept to the British Business Bank (BBB)'s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (the British Liquidity Scheme).

On September 28, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final report (Final Report), accompanied by final draft regulatory and implementing technical standards...

On 2 November 2017, the Government published a package of measures designed to strengthen Ireland's response to white collar crime

Following significant lobbying from the Irish funds industry and the recent publication of a Questions and Answers Paper relating to the Risk Measurement and Calculation of Global Exposure and Counterparty Risk for UCITS by ESMA.

The current crisis in the financial markets has brought the Irish Deposit Protection Scheme, as administered by the Financial Regulator, into the spotlight.

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") recently conducted a themed inspection (the "Themed Inspection") to examine the processes for the identification and management of conflicts of interest...

The Irish Olympic boxing team was not the only successful Irish group to travel to the People's Republic of China recently; the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen T.D., led a trade mission to the PRC at the end of October.

The regulatory spotlight remains firmly on the adequacy of liquidity management implemented by fund management companies with both the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank")

On 27 January 2023, the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1)) (Investment Firms) Regulations 2023 [S.I. No. 10 of 2023] (Revised Investment Firms Regulations)...

The threats posed by Malta and Singapore to Ireland’s position as a leading location for aircraft leasing.

After a tumultuous early start in life, the finalised draft technical standards amending granular rules currently applicable to PRIIPS KIDs...