Investment Firms Quarterly Legal & Regulatory Update Q3 July - September 2018

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

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