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More Changes For UCITS And AIFs On The Horizon

The European Commission's proposals to address the fragmentation and underperformance of EU capital markets, focusing on market integration and efficient supervision...

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

European Commission Adopts Significant Capital Market Integration And Supervisory Convergence Package

On 4 December 2025, as part of the EU Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy, the European Commission adopted a package of measures....

European Union Technology

WF

William Fry

EC Markets Integration And Supervision: Key Proposals For Investment Funds

The European Commission (EC) has published its much-anticipated Market Integration and Supervision Package on 4 December 2025.

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Northern Ireland's Growing Appetite For External Finance

The latest Nations and Regions Tracker from the British Business Bank (BBB) paints an interesting picture of Northern Ireland's financial landscape.

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 27/11/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

European Commission Adopts New Standards On Liquidity Management Tools (LMTs) Under AIFMD And UCITS Directive

European Union Finance

W

Walkers

New Evidential Requirements Of Probity For PCF Candidates In A PI/EMI/AISP

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Horizon Scanner Finance December 2025 - Irish Developments

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

Horizon Scanner Finance December 2025 - European Developments

Ireland Technology

AC

Arthur Cox

Investment Funds Newsletter - November 2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Finalised Fitness And Probity Standards And Guidance Published

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 20/11/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

PSR/PSD3: EU Payment Services Legislation Is Agreed

European Union Finance

WF

William Fry

SFDR 2.0: Radical Changes Ahead For Sustainable Investment Funds

European Union Finance

WF

William Fry

Digital Package On Simplification - GDPR And EPrivacy

Ireland Privacy

AC

Arthur Cox

'Good Jobs' Podcast: Unpacking The Way Forward (Podcast)

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

EU CryptoReg Roundup: October 2025

European Union Technology

W

Walkers

Venture Capital Comparative Guide

Ireland Commercial

Wallace Corporate Counsel

Digital Package On Simplification - Data Legislation

Ireland Privacy

AC

Arthur Cox

ESAs Publish First List Of Critical ICT Third-party Providers Under DORA

The EU's framework known as the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a harmonised regulatory framework to strengthen the digital operational resilience of the EU financial sector.

European Union Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Fitness And Probity: CP160 - Central Bank Publishes Feedback Statement And Revised Guidance

Under the consultation process, industry respondents sought clarity on specific elements of the application of the F&P framework including the approach to identifying the Controlled Function (CF) population...

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

ESG Ratings Regulation – Latest Developments

The ESG Ratings Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/3005, the "ESG Ratings Regulation") will apply from 2 July 2026 (having been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 December 2024).

European Union Finance

M

Matheson

Department Of Finance Sets Direction On Ireland's Distance Marketing Rules

The Directive focuses on consumer financial services contracts concluded at a distance. It repeals Directive 2002/65/EC concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amends the 2011 Consumer Rights Directive...

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

The European Union's 19th Sanctions Package Against Russia – Key Takeaways

Worldwide Finance

M

Matheson

European Commission Adopts Rules Governing Use Of Liquidity Management Tools

Ireland Wealth Mgt

DE

Dillon Eustace

SFDR Reform Proposal – Key Changes

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

AIFMD II – Authorised Activities Update

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 13/11/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

ESMA Peer Review On The Supervision Of Depositary Obligations

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

European Commission Announces Overhaul Of SFDR Regime

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

European Commission Adopts Technical Standards On Liquidity Management Tools Under AIFMD And The UCITS Directive

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

ESMA Market Report On The Total Costs Of Investing In UCITS And AIFs

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Individual Accountability Framework (IAF): Irish Conduct Standards Training

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

European Commission Announces Overhaul Of SFDR Regime

Acknowledging several shortcomings in the existing SFDR framework, the reforms are intended to simplify and reduce the burden of sustainability-related disclosures and requirements under the SFDR and improve end investors' ability to understand and compare sustainability-related financial products.

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

European Commission Adopts Technical Standards On Liquidity Management Tools Under AIFMD And The UCITS Directive

On 17 November 2025, the European Commission published delegated regulations adopting the final regulatory technical standards ("RTS") on liquidity management tools ("LMTs"), supplementing AIFMD and the UCITS Directive.

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

ESMA Market Report On The Total Costs Of Investing In UCITS And AIFs

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Market Report on the Total Costs of Investing in UCITS and AIFs (the Report).

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Individual Accountability Framework (IAF): Irish Conduct Standards Training

The Individual Accountability Framework ("IAF"), introduced in December 2023 is one of the most significant regulatory developments in Ireland in recent years...

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

Asset Management & Investment Funds ESG Newsletter

Ireland Wealth Mgt

W

Walkers

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 02/10/2025

On 30 September 2025, Director of Insurance at the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank"), Seána Cunningham, delivered a speech ("Speech") at the European Insurance Forum ("EIF").

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Diverging Paths: The EU-US ESG Regulatory Debate And The Implications For EU Competitiveness

The pace of change with regard to attitudes, laws and regulations on climate change matters in the ten years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 has been head spinning.

Ireland Commercial

M

Matheson

Horizon Scanner Finance November 2025 - European Developments

Regulation (EU) 2025/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 October 2025 amending Regulations (EU) No 1092/2010...

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Key Changes In Ireland's Finance Bill 2025

The Irish Finance Bill 2025 (the "Bill") was published on 16 October. For large international groups operating in Ireland, the key changes to be aware of are...

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Sustainability Risks And Disclosures In The Investment Funds Sector: Central Bank Of Ireland Report

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Central Bank Of Ireland Publishes Expectations On SFDR Compliance

Ireland Finance

MG

Maples Group

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 23/10/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

The Digital Euro Project Moves To The Next Phase

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

ESMA Publishes Final Report And Draft RTS On Open-Ended Loan-Originating AIFs

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

European Commission's 2026 Work Programme: A Strategic Shift For Financial Services And Funds

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Central Bank Of Ireland Year-End Filing Deadlines

Ireland Finance

D

Dechert

Central Bank Of Ireland: Year-End Deadlines 2025

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Key Takeaways From Central Bank Report On CSA On Sustainability Risks And SFDR Disclosures

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Finance Bill 2025: What You Need To Know

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 16/10/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

ESMA Publishes Final Report On Open-ended Loan-originating AIFs

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

MiFID Monitor Q3 2025

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Irish Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Report: July - September 2025

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

Insurance Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Update: 1 July 2025 – 30 September 2025

Ireland Insurance

DE

Dillon Eustace

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Byrne Wallace

Sustainable Finance Week 2024 (Video)

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Arthur Cox

Partial Liquidity Transactions (Video)

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Maples Group

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Grant Thornton

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Dillon Eustace

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