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The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have announced they have reached a political agreement on the legislative package to reform the crisis management and deposit insurance framework for banks in the EU. The...more
Welcome to our EU crypto update - a roundup of key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments shaping the crypto-assets sector....more
The long-awaited EU anti-money laundering ("AML") Package came into force in July 2024 and will begin to apply directly to firms in scope ("obliged entities") from 10 July 2027. Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (the “AML...more
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CFTC Files Eight Anti-Spoofing Enforcement Actions against Three Banks (Deutsche Bank, HSBC & UBS) & Six Individuals - On January 29, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), along with the Department of...more
A Commission Delegated Regulation outlining Regulatory Technical Standards specifying the information on financial contracts that a firm may be required to maintain was published in the Official Journal of the European...more