Central Bank of Ireland

• Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom (UK)
• Notice of intention in relation to the location requirement for directors and designated persons of Irish Fund Management Companies
• Central Bank publishes the Thirty-First Edition of the Central Bank AIFMD Q&A Document
• Central Bank statement to address upcoming EMIR Refit implementation issues

European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

• ESMA reports on accepted market practices under MAR
• ESMA publishes responses to Call for evidence on periodic auctions for equity instruments
• ESMA updates commodity derivatives transitional transparency calculations for MIFID II/ MIFIR
• ESMA agrees position limits under MIFID II
• Notice of ESMA’s Product Intervention Renewal Decision in relation to contracts for differences
• ESMA appoints new chair of the Investment Management Standing Committee
• ESMA updates the CSDR Q&As
• ESMA updates Q&A on Benchmark Regulation
• ESMA updates plan for systematic internaliser regime calculations and publications
• ESMA Q&As clarify prospectus and transparency rules in case of no-deal Brexit
• ESMA issues statement to address upcoming EMIR Refit implementation issues
• ESMA publishes Opinion and Q&A on disclosure technical standards under the Securitisation Regulation
• ESMA updates its Q&As on MiFID II AND MiFIR in relation to structure and transparency
• ESMA and EU securities regulators agree no-deal Brexit MoUs with FCA
• MiFID II: ESMA makes new bond liquidity data available
• MiFID II: ESMA publishes data for the systematic internaliser calculations for equity, equity-like instruments and bonds
• ESMA clarifies the reporting and handling of derivatives data in case of no-deal Brexit