Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Partners Niall Esler and Shane Martin, along with senior associate Conor Daly and trainee solicitor Coleen Wegmann, have authored the Ireland chapter for Global Legal Insights Fintech 2023. They provide an up-to-date summary...more
This latest edition of the regulatory initiatives paper sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact private fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed...more
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. ...more
Under emergency legislation applicable with immediate effect for three months with a view to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg enacted on 20 March 2020 temporary measures applicable to all...more
The Luxembourg government and the CSSF recently have taken a number of measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. In other developments: the current Luxembourg Brexit laws will be rendered inapplicable by...more
No-deal Brexit preparations: BaFin criticizes financial entities for missing Brexit preparation with regard to license requirements - As of March 2019, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin (Bundesanstalt...more
The scope of the New Law is quite broad, and applies to all forms and types of entities.4 This encompasses companies and partnerships, whether or not regulated, including Luxembourg investment funds such as UCITS, Part II...more
Parliament adopts general data protection law - Parliament has adopted the law of 1 August 2018 on the organisation of the National Commission for Data Protection and implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the...more
General data protection regulation – Irish funds working group updates - In July 2018, the Irish Funds General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) working group (the "Working Group") issued an...more
Central Bank publishes twenty-third edition of UCITS Q&A - The Central Bank published the 23rd Edition of the Central Bank UCITS Q&A on 5 July 2018. A new question, ID 1002, in relation to UCITS investing in non-UCITS...more
MIFID II – end of “no LEI” exemption for transaction reporting; ESMA takes stock of MiFID II achievements - ESMA confirmed on 20 June that the current exemption from using Legal Entity Identifiers for certain transactions...more
Irish Revenue Guidance on Section 110 - The Irish Revenue Commissioners (“Revenue”) issued a new Tax and Duty Manual (the “Tax Manual”) on 24 May 2018, setting out the position to deal with some of the uncertainties around...more
Proposals to make French funds more attractive for international marketing - A working group set up by Euroclear France, Ailancy, professional associations and different actors of the asset management industry, presented...more
There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more
Following a meeting of the Basel committee in March this year, the Chairman Stefan Ingves, announced that the committee has made further progress towards the finalization of the Basel III accord are stricter capital rules and...more
CSSF Press Release 17/06 Dated 13 February 2017 - The CSSF confirmed that it follows ESMA on its opinion in relation to the requirements for UCITS share classes....more
Investor Money Regulations Update - The Investor Money Regulations (IMR) became effective on 1 July 2016. The Irish Funds IMR Working Group is in the process of finalising an IMR Q&A document due to be released...more
Luxembourg Fund Sector Continues to Grow - The CSSF press release 15/15 dated 26 March 2015 provides an overview of regulated UCIs at the end of February 2015 and confirms total assets under management of more than EUR...more