The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 14 May 2025 establishing a framework for the mutual recognition of funds (MRF)...more
Following the 2024 independent review by Mr Andrea Enria (former Chair of the European Central Bank Supervisory Board) of the Central Bank of Ireland’s Fitness and Probity (F&P) assessment process, the Central Bank has...more
4/29/2025
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ESMA Guidelines and Final Draft RTS on Liquidity Management Tools of UCITS and Open-Ended AIFs - Pursuant to the revised Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD) and Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS Directive), the European Securities and...more
EU national supervisory authorities will collect the Register of Information (ROI) pursuant to the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) from in scope financial entities in April 2025, with the reference date set as...more
3/5/2025
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On 14 February 2025, the EU’s securities and markets regulator, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), launched a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) with EU Member State National Competent Authorities (NCAs), in...more
2/28/2025
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The Irish Finance Bill 2024 will, with effect from 1 January 2025, create a new participation exemption for foreign dividends. This exemption will bring Ireland into line with the rest of the EU which has a similar exemption....more
On 4 April 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) published the 47th edition of its Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Q&A document (the AIFMD Q&A), and in a significant development, the...more