The EU Regulation on Sustainability Regulated Disclosures.

The EU Regulation on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector (the EU Disclosures Regulation) has broad ranging disclosure requirements for financial market participants. You can read the ALG overview of the EU Disclosures Regulation and its relevance for UCITS management companies, UCITS and AIFMs.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs which aim to harmonise EU supervisory practices. While generally aligned with current Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) requirements for UCITS, the guidelines are more detailed. Existing UCITS with performance fees will need to analyse whether adjustments will be necessary to comply with the guidelines. In-scope AIFs with performance fees will also need to look at the requirements. Our Asset Management & Investment Fund teams look at the guidelines in detail including who they apply to, when they are effective from, the key considerations for Irish managers, and the CBI's current position on UCITS' and AIF performance fees.

Vincent Power, Head of EU & Competition at A&L Goodbody was interviewed on Newstalk on 22nd March 2017 about the triggering of Article 50 on 29th March. He joined Vincent Wall on the Breakfast Business show and highlighted a combination of legal challenges, elections, an EU tradition of protracted negotiating processes, and even a possible referendum in Ireland as factors which can delay Brexit.

In this soundbite of webinar highlights, partner Anna-Marie Curran discusses how we are moving into an era of increased regulatory scrutiny for transactions in Ireland.

In this soundbite of webinar highlights, Corporate and M&A partners Richard Grey and Darran Nangle discuss trends in Warranty & Indemnity Insurance.

Ireland recently introduced new regulations to amend the examinership regime and codify certain duties of directors when a company is in the zone of insolvency. The European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022 implement aspects of the Directive on restructuring and insolvency which were not already part of Irish law. In this ALG soundbite, Paul White, Partner and Michelle McLoughlin, Knowledge Lawyer, discuss the impacts of the new regulations on directors' duties and what consequences the introduction of the early warning tools promised under the legislation (and on which the Corporate Enforcement Authority is seeking views at present) will have on directors.

Listen to a summary of our October/November 2022 monthly Asset Management & Investment Funds bulletin. Our team keep you up to date on regulatory developments, providing a unique update on Irish and EU legal and regulatory developments impacting the industry.

Listen to a summary of our September 2022 monthly Asset Management & Investment Funds bulletin. Our team keep you up to date on regulatory developments, providing a unique update on Irish and EU legal and regulatory developments impacting the industry.

Listen to a summary of our August 2022 monthly Asset Management & Investment Funds bulletin. Our team keep you up to date on regulatory developments, providing a unique update on Irish and EU legal and regulatory developments impacting the industry.