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Central Bank Implements A Streamlined Authorisation Process For AIFMs Engaging In Loan Origination

On 29 January 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published a note detailing the new authorisation-extension process for alternative investment...

Ireland Finance

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McCann Fitzgerald

MiFID Monitor Q4 2025

On 10 October 2025, ESMA published a statement relating to the application of certain provisions of MiFIR and the MiFID II Directive in light of amendments made under MiFIR II and the MiFID III Directive.

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

AIFMD II: New Central Bank Authorisation Process For AIFMs Managing Loan Originating AIFs

Earlier today (29 January 2026), the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published an Authorisation process note setting out a streamlined application process for the extension...

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Loan Originating AIFMs | AIFMD 2.0 Compliance

This is for AIFMs currently managing loan originating Qualifying Investor Funds and is designed to enable them to meet the requirements of AIFMD 2.0 by 16 April 2026.

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Central Bank Of Ireland Thematic Assessment: Operational Resilience In The MiFID Investment Firm Sector

Ireland Finance

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Walkers

Funds Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Update: 1 October 2025 - 31 December 2025

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Asset Management In Ireland In 2026: A Year In Preview

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Irish Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Report: October - December 2025

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

The CBI's Roadmap For Simplifying Regulation And Supervision: An Effective And Efficient Approach

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

CBI Reforms To Fitness & Probity: Guidance Consolidated, Expectations Clarified

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Council And Parliament Publications On Amendments To EU Securitisation Framework

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

Financial Services Regulation 2025

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Evolving Standards: Operational Resilience For MiFID Investment Firms In 2026

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Operational Resilience In MiFID Investment Firms – CBI Thematic Review

Ireland Finance

MG

Maples Group

The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Video) (Podcast)

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

2025 To 2026: Ireland's Immigration Shift – What You Need To Know

Ireland Immigration

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

What's Another Year 2026 - Environment And Planning

European Union Energy

AC

Arthur Cox

Cyber Threats Facing Ireland's Critical Services, Systems And Infrastructure

Ireland Technology

WF

William Fry

Trump Administration Issues Executive Order On Federal AI Policy Framework And State Law Pre-emption

Ireland Technology

WF

William Fry

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Council And Parliament Publications On Amendments To EU Securitisation Framework

The Council and the Parliament have published their respective compromise positions and draft rapporteur reports on the Commission's proposals...

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

Horizon Scanner Finance January 2026 - European Developments

AMLA's consultation on draft implementing technical standards (ITS) that set out how AMLA and national financial supervisors will cooperate during the selection process and when transferring supervisory powers...

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Horizon Scanner Finance December 2025 - European Developments

Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism...

Ireland Technology

AC

Arthur Cox

Insurance Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Update: 1 April 2025 – 30 June 2025

Worldwide Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Horizon Scanner Finance September 2025 - Looking Ahead: European Developments

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Proposed Updates To Solvency II Delegated Regulation Published

European Union Insurance

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 10/07/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Horizon Scanner Finance: July 2025 - European Developments

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Looking Ahead: European Developments - Horizon Scanner: Finance

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

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Debt Capital Markets

Financial Services Regulation 2025

Ireland is home to a wide variety of financial services providers. To support both providers and their customers, there is an array of financial services legislation...

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Supervising The Future: How The Market Integration Package Will Reshape European Capital Markets

The Market Integration Package forms part of the European Commission's broader Savings and Investments Union (SIU) initiative, and aims to deepen and integrate EU capital markets and promote efficient supervision.

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Northern Ireland's Growing Appetite For External Finance

The latest Nations and Regions Tracker from the British Business Bank (BBB) paints an interesting picture of Northern Ireland's financial landscape.

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

FIG Top 5 At 5 – 13/11/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Diverging Paths: The EU-US ESG Regulatory Debate And The Implications For EU Competitiveness

Ireland Commercial

M

Matheson

European Commission's 2026 Work Programme: A Strategic Shift For Financial Services And Funds

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Capital Conundrum - EIOPA Expresses Concerns Over Solvency II Amendments

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Typical Fund Structures - Loan Origination ICAV

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

Financial Services Regulation 2025

Ireland is home to a wide variety of financial services providers. To support both providers and their customers, there is an array of financial services legislation...

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

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

RL

RDJ LLP

Horizon Scanner Finance October 2025 - European Developments

The European Banking Authority's (EBA) consultations on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and guidelines relating to the new framework for third-country branches...

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Stand By Me – Substitution Or Joinder Of A Plaintiff In An Appeal To The High Court Of A Circuit Court Order For Possession?

Ireland Litigation

RL

RDJ LLP

EU Securitisation Market Reforms

European Union Finance

WF

William Fry

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 01/05/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Horizon Scanner Finance April 2025 - Irish Developments

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

A First Look - Changes And Clarifications To The Proposals In CP 158 On The CPC

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

Ulster Bank Successfully Appeals FSPO Decision On Tracker Mortgages

Ireland Litigation

WF

William Fry

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Financial Services

Central Bank Implements A Streamlined Authorisation Process For AIFMs Engaging In Loan Origination

On 29 January 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published a note detailing the new authorisation-extension process for alternative investment...

Ireland Finance

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

MiFID Monitor Q4 2025

On 10 October 2025, ESMA published a statement relating to the application of certain provisions of MiFIR and the MiFID II Directive in light of amendments made under MiFIR II and the MiFID III Directive.

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Insurance Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Update: 1 October 2025 – 31 December 2025

On 29 October 2025, the European Commission adopted Delegated Regulation (C(2025) 7206) which amends the Solvency II Delegated Regulation.

Ireland Insurance

DE

Dillon Eustace

AIFMD II: New Central Bank Authorisation Process For AIFMs Managing Loan Originating AIFs

Ireland Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

Loan Originating AIFMs | AIFMD 2.0 Compliance

Ireland Finance

WF

William Fry

Central Bank Of Ireland Thematic Assessment: Operational Resilience In The MiFID Investment Firm Sector

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

Funds Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Update: 1 October 2025 - 31 December 2025

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Asset Management In Ireland In 2026: A Year In Preview

Ireland Finance

DE

Dillon Eustace

Irish Quarterly Legal And Regulatory Report: October - December 2025

Ireland Finance

W

Walkers

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Latest Videos

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Central Bank Of Ireland Issues Modernised Consumer Protection Code 2025 (Video)

BW

Byrne Wallace

Sustainable Finance Week 2024 (Video)

AC

Arthur Cox

Video Series On Reforms To The AIFMD And UCITS Frameworks | Episode 1

DE

Dillon Eustace

Webinar | Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 (Video)

DE

Dillon Eustace

The Central Bank Of Ireland's Administrative Sanctions Procedure (Video)

DE

Dillon Eustace

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