On 13 June 2023, the European Commission (the "Commission") published a significant sustainable finance package on EU Taxonomy, ESG ratings and transition finance.
Expansion of Taxonomy Regulation framework -
The...more
Welcome to the January – March 2023 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds.
This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter under...more
4/21/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Companies Registration Office (CRO) ,
ELTIF ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Stability Board ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFID ,
Money Market Funds ,
National Competent Authorities (NCA) ,
SFDR ,
UCITS ,
UK
On 20 March 2023, the revised European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation (EU) 2023/606 (the “Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, entering into force on the twentieth day following...more
On 2 March 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) published its third annual Securities Markets Risk Outlook Report (the “Report”). The Report highlights the conduct risks that the Central Bank has identified...more
3/9/2023
/ Central Bank of Ireland ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cybersecurity ,
Economic Downturn ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment ,
Liquidity ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability
On 1 December 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) published its consultation paper CP152 on own funds requirements for UCITS management companies and AIFMs authorised for discretionary portfolio management...more
Substantial changes to Irish whistleblowing law will be introduced by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act, 2022 (the “Amendment Act”) on 1 January 2023.
Protection for whistleblowers is not a new concept in...more
12/1/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Criminal Liability ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Ireland ,
Protected Disclosures ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
1.1 ESMA UCITS Q&A updates On 20 July 2022, ESMA published an updated version of its UCITS Q&As with the following new Q&As:
Section X: Depository – new Q&As 7 and 8 on reconciliations; and -
• Section XIII: Delegation...more
10/17/2022
/ Amended Regulation ,
Central Bank of Ireland ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FSMA ,
IOSCO ,
ISDA ,
Liquidity ,
Money Market Funds ,
UCITS
Challenges create opportunities and the environmental and social challenges we currently face are no exception. In this paper we consider the opportunities provided by sustainable finance, and more specifically impact...more
8/9/2022
/ AIFM ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Green Bonds ,
International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) ,
Investment ,
Paris Agreement ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy ,
UCITS
On 31 May 2022, the European Union (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 were published in Iris Oifigiúil and will come into operation on 1 January 2023. The...more
7/15/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Asset Valuations ,
Belarus ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Investment Funds ,
IOSCO ,
Notice of Intent ,
Outsourcing ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Russia ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UCITS ,
Ukraine