On 12 December 2024, ESMA published its consultation paper containing draft regulatory technical standards ("RTS") pursuant to Directive (EU) 2024/927 ("AIFMD II") on requirements with which loan-originating AIFs ("LOAIFs")...more
Welcome to the January – March 2024 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for Asset Management and Investment Funds.
This report covers key developments during the quarter, such as: ...more
4/17/2024
/ AIFM ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset Management ,
Central Bank of Ireland ,
ELTIF ,
EMIR ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
ESA Listings ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Investment Funds ,
MiFIR ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UCITS
On 10 November 2023, the Council of the EU (the "Council") published the final compromise text of the political agreement (the "Agreement") for a directive1 amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...more
On 4 April 2023, in a welcome development the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") updated its AIFMD Q&A (47th edition) to increase the investment limits for qualifying investor alternative investment funds ("QIAIFs")...more
On 1 December 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) published its consultation paper CP152 on own funds requirements for UCITS management companies and AIFMs authorised for discretionary portfolio management...more
As outlined in our previous advisory ‘Central Bank’s property fund proposals’, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) has recently been consulting on two key proposals:
a proposal to introduce leverage limits...more
Challenges create opportunities and the environmental and social challenges we currently face are no exception. In this paper we consider the opportunities provided by sustainable finance, and more specifically impact...more
8/9/2022
/ AIFM ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Green Bonds ,
International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) ,
Investment ,
Paris Agreement ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy ,
UCITS