Ireland: Asset Finance

From January 2027, non-EU credit institutions providing core banking services to Irish aviation borrowers must navigate new Article 21c requirements under CRD VI. This guidance examines transaction-level analysis...

EU-headquartered credit institutions lending to Irish aviation and asset finance sectors through non-EU branches face questions about whether new CRD VI authorisation requirements apply to their operations. This analysis examines the regulatory framework's impact on cross-border lending structures and explores whether the location of a branch affects compliance obligations for institutions whose head offices remain within the European Union.

Ireland's Department of Finance has released its third National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing, identifying very significant risks in retail banking, digital banking, crypto-assets, and payment institutions. The assessment is accompanied by a comprehensive 30-Point Action Plan designed to strengthen Ireland's financial crime response framework over the next 18 months through enhanced regulatory oversight, beneficial ownership transparency, and sector-spe

The long-awaited implementation of ‘Alternative A' gives force of law in Ireland to a regime which is similar to the insolvency regime in the USA, known as Chapter 11 "reorganisation" bankruptcy.

In light of the perceived systemic risk presented by MMFs, the MMFR aims to make these investment products more resilient and resistant to contagion risks.

On 31 May 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published an opinion ("Opinion") which sets out general principles on supervisory approach in relation to relocations of entities...

On 17 February 2014 the European Securities and Markets Authority published its first Q&A on the application of AIFMD.

CP 71 includes draft Client Asset Regulations and Guidance and invited comment from the industry and interested parties.

We hope that 2013 was a good year for you and your firm and that 2014 brings new opportunities and further success.