Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland, USA | 25 Jun 2012
The Irish Revenue Commissioners recently confirmed that they are in discussions with the US Treasury with respect to the possibility of exploring a common approach to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”).
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 17 Feb 2012
On 21 December 2011, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) issued a letter to the industry regarding director appointments via conduit firms.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 17 Feb 2012
The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) will be reviewing business plans for existing UCITS Self-Managed Investment Companies (“SMICs”) in advance of the July 2013 deadline for compliance with the full UCITS IV regime.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 17 Feb 2012
As we previously reported, the Central Bank of Ireland’s (the “Central Bank”) new regime of Fitness and Probity, which applies to all regulated financial service providers (“RFSPs”) (other than credit unions), including regulated funds and their Irish licensed service providers, came into effect on 1 December 2011.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 16 Dec 2011
The Fund Application forms for QIFs, UCITS and Non-UCITS have been amended to cater for electronic dealing and to clarify that assets of a subsidiary must be valued in accordance with Central Bank Notices.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 16 Dec 2011
The Central Bank’s latest quarterly statistics were issued on 2 December 2011.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 16 Dec 2011
The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) has launched a new Probability Risk and Impact System (“PRISM”).
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 16 Dec 2011
On 14 December 2011, the Irish Funds Industry Association issued a Corporate Governance Code (the “Code”) for Irish Investment Funds and their Management Companies.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 16 Dec 2011
The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) published its final Guidance on Fitness and Probity Standards on 23 November 2011.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | Ireland | 14 Oct 2011
The Central Bank has requested details of projected volumes of fund/sub-fund applications (including self-managed investment company applications and risk management processes) and post-authorisation amendments that have pre-Christmas or pre-year end approval deadlines.