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The Central Bank have issued an information note to those Irish investment firms authorised under Regulations 6 and 11 of S.I. No. 60 of 2007, the European Communities (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2007 (the MiFID Regulations
The Central Bank has issued details of its deadlines for receipt of applications for approval of funds and sub-funds that have pre-Christmas or pre-year end approval deadlines (this includes self-managed investment company applications and risk management processes) and for approval of post-authorisation amendments that have pre-Christmas or pre-year end approval deadlines
In response to industry submissions, the Central Bank has eased requirements for the QIF regime (the regime governing funds which are only marketed to sophisticated investors who fulfil the Qualifying Investor criteria set out below as well as minimum subscription requirements
The Financial Regulator (FR) has written to industry to emphasise that henceforth the filing deadlines for fund revocation applications will be strictly applied
The recent Finance Act provided that the Revenue Commissioners could grant approval for Irish investment funds which are marketed exclusively outside of Ireland to obtain a waiver from the requirement for each non-resident investor to complete a declaration, subject to "equivalent measures"
The provisions of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (the Act) which facilitate the migration of fund companies into Ireland from prescribed jurisdictions come into effect today
Ireland is positioning itself as a leading financial services centre for the management of carbon and green finance, including the establishment of a government supported International Carbon Standard (ICS) and associated Dublin International Voluntary Offset Registry (DIVOR
The IFIA together with representatives from the Irish Banking Federation, the Irish Insurance Federation, An Post and the Irish League of Credit Unions have been engaging with the Central Bank to bring forward the conclusion of the Anti Money Laundering Guidance Notes
Clarke J issued a judgment of the Commercial Court dated 10 January 2011, which is interesting as it is the first judgment to issue on a substantive point in what has become known as the "Madoff litigation"
