Category: Regulations

Q4 2021 saw 2.5 million people in employment, the highest on record. Strong employment was supported by the domestic labour force, with migration playing a smaller role Two groups drove this labour force expansion; under 25s and women over 35.  Evidence that there are longer running trends that have encouraged women to remain part of […]

Climate Forum will meet twice yearly and brings together climate change experts, industry representative bodies, regulated firms, and Central Bank representatives. Central Bank also publishes its first Sustainable Investment Charter. Charter provides a guide to apply sustainable investment principles to the Central Bank’s investment assets. The Central Bank of Ireland has hosted the inaugural meeting […]

The Central Bank of Ireland welcomes the statement from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) following Tuesday’s CEO roundtable meeting, at which the retail banks set out the programme of work being undertaken by the sector to manage the migration of personal and business bank accounts. The work outlined focuses on the four areas […]

It has come to the Central Bank of Ireland’s (‘Central Bank’) attention that a fraudulent entity has been claiming to be a retail credit firm in the State in the absence of an appropriate authorisation. In this instance the fraudulent entity cloned and impersonated a legitimate Central Bank authorised firms in order to deceive consumers. […]

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name Renfrew Capital Management (Ireland and Bermuda), formerly operating the website https://renfrewcapitalmgmt.com, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In this […]

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name Parker Prime (Estonia / United Kingdom) formerly operating the website addresses: https://parker-prime.com and https://clientzone.parker-prime.com, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate […]

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name World Market Funds (Ireland), formerly operating the website https://wmfunds.co.uk/, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In this instance the […]

July 07, 2022 Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas entered a consent order on July 6, imposing monetary sanctions against David Seibert, most recently of Lakeway, Texas. The order resolves a CFTC action filed on September 10, 2020, and follows a September […]

Since 1 January 2022, you can carry out (re)insurance intermediation as a ‘subagent in training’. This new status offers the solution for starting up the activity of (re)insurance distribution under the legal status of a self-employed person. A ‘subagent in training’ is a (re)insurance subagent who meets all the conditions for registration, including as regards […]

This press release is not available in English. Please consult the French or Dutch site. Source: FSMA