In September 2019, the Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) published CP130, a consultation paper on the proposed regulatory framework (the Framework) for the treatment, correction and redress of errors in investment...more
11/14/2019
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Asset Management ,
Central Bank of Ireland ,
Corrective Actions ,
Fund Management Companies ,
Fund Managers ,
IMF ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
IOSCO ,
Ireland ,
Money Market Funds ,
Notice Requirements ,
Public Consultations ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UCITS
The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) on 18 July 2019 published a ‘Dear Chair’ letter to the industry (the “Industry Letter”) highlighting the key supervisory issues identified in a thematic review of Irish...more
The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) has introduced welcome changes to the authorisation and post-authorisation of UCITS and Retail AIFs by applying a self-certification process to a number of actions and a new...more
10/16/2018
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Asset Management ,
Central Bank of Ireland ,
Depository Institutions ,
Financial Indices ,
Investment Funds ,
Ireland ,
Limited Partnership Agreements ,
Mergers ,
Self-Certification ,
Share Classes ,
UCITS
For the past two years, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), Europe’s main securities regulator, has had UCITS share classes in their sights. It has issued two discussion papers on the topic and has now...more
The eagerly anticipated Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Act 2015 (the “ICAV Act”) was signed into law in March 2015 and the first Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles (“ICAVs”) have been authorised by the...more
6/18/2015
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Asset Management ,
Central Bank of Ireland ,
Check the Box Rules ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Debentures ,
ICAV ,
International Tax Issues ,
Investment Funds ,
Ireland ,
Passive Foreign Investment Company ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholders ,
UCITS ,
Unit Trusts
First bankers, now managers of UCITS funds are in the firing line for the European Union assault on bonuses.
As widely reported in the financial press this week, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs...more