IRELAND: Second edition of the Central Bank Investment Firms Regulations 2017

Tuesday January 9 2018

On 2nd January 2018, the Central Bank published the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1)) (Investment Firms) Regulations 2017 (SI 604 of 2017).

The Central Bank Investment Firms Regulations consolidate into one location all of the requirements which the Central Bank imposes on certain investment firms, fund service providers and market operators and includes changes related to MiFID II. The Central Bank will issue guidance on Part 6 (Client Asset Requirements) and Part 7 (Investor Money Requirements). Pending the issuance of this guidance, the current guidance continues to apply.

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