Legal Updates

Areas covered in this quarterly update include;

• MiFID II - Irish Developments

• MiFID II - European Developments

• Capital Requirements Directive IV / V / CRR / CRR II

• International Organisation of Securities Commissions ("IOSCO")

• Packaged Retail Insurance-based Investment Products (“PRIIPs”)

• European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (“EMIR”)

• Securitisation Regulation

• The Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (“SFTR”)

• Central Securities Depositories Regulation (“CSDR”)

• Credit Rating Agencies Regulation (“CRAR”)

• Benchmarks Regulation

• Short Selling Regulation (“SSR”)

• Payment Services Directive (“PSD2”)

• International Monetary Fund ("IMF")

• European Fund and Asset Management Association (“EFAMA”)

• Financial Stability Board (“FSB”)

• European Central Bank (“ECB”)

• European Systemic Risk Board (“ESRB”)

• European Commission

• European Parliament

• ESMA, EBA and ESAs

• Market Abuse Regulation (“MAR”)

• Transparency Directive

• Prospectus Regulation

• Central Bank of Ireland

• Department of Finance

• The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

• Whistle-blowing

• Euronext (formerly the Irish Stock Exchange)

• Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) / Counter-Terrorist Financing (“CTF”)

• Anti-Corruption Legislation

• Data Protection / General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)

• The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”)

• Brexit

• Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (“FSPO”)

• Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”)

• Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement ("ODCE")

• Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018

To download our Investment Firms Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Update for the period July to September 2018 click on the Download PDF link above.

If you have any questions in relation to the content please do not hesitate to contact your usual contact in Dillon Eustace.