European Union: Finance and Banking

By virtue of recent amendments to Malta's Merchant Shipping Act ("MSA") introduced through Act No. I of 2025 (the "Act"), on 4 February 2025, ship financiers may now register...

Project Finance Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Greece, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

If Budget 2025 was the ‘Windfall Budget' with one-off measures aplenty for all, with controls cast off in anticipation of an election...

By virtue of recent amendments to Malta's Merchant Shipping Act ("MSA") introduced through Act No. I of 2025 (the "Act"), on 4 February 2025, ship financiers may now register...

On 21st October 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its Final Report on the Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS)...

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") has published its detailed feedback report following its participation in ESMA's 2024 Common Supervisory Action ("CSA") on sustainability risks...

On 24 July 2025 ESMA published a new webpage on the volume cap mechanism (VCM) under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) along with a press release.

The European Union has successfully established a single market for goods and services, yet its capital markets remain fragmented and less efficient than those of other major economies.

A UCITS can invest in a diverse range of liquid investments such as transferable securities, bank deposits, money market instruments, financial derivatives and units of other funds either as a fund of funds or a feeder fund. A UCITS cannot invest in real estate nor can it invest directly in commodities, although it may be able to gain exposure to commodities indirectly using derivatives.

Project Finance Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Greece, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

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The Italian government has recently published its 2024 Annual Report on Foreign Direct Investment, providing an overview of the exercise of its special powers, commonly referred to as "Golden Power," in sectors deemed strategic for national security.