Businesses and communities are dealing with many COVID-19 related issues that are causing severe business disruption. The Irish government has been swift to introduce new measures to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on business.

On 22 November 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published a decision affecting European member states national beneficial ownership registers (Decision).

In its final Insurance Newsletter for 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published a particularly useful synopsis of the key prudential risks that it has identified during its risk assessment and scanning process of 2022.

Prudential Assurance Company Ltd (Prudential) and Rothesay Life plc (Rothesay) successfully overturned the English High Court's refusal to sanction the proposed transfer of a portfolio of annuities from Prudential to Rothesay.

On 8 December 2020, the Government published its first "Action Plan for Insurance Reform" in Ireland (the Action Plan). The publication of the Action Plan reinforces the Government's emphasis on insurance reform in its "Programme for Government – Our Share Future" (the Programme for Government) published in June 2020.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”).

In the February edition we looked at: ESMA, individual accountability, T+1 Settlement cycle

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On 14 November 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (the ‘CBI’) published an information note ‘Sustainable finance and the asset management sector: Disclosures, investment processes & risk management’ (the ‘Note’).