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Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm, has advised Palmer Square Capital Management on Europe’s first passive CLO ETF designed specifically for institutional and professional investors. Palmer Square, a credit-focused alternative asset management firm with more than

McCann FitzGerald has appointed Ciara O'Leary as partner in the firm's investment management group. Ms O'Leary focuses her practice on investment funds, advising fund promoters and fund service firms on all matters relating to the establishment, authorisation, operation and ongoing maintenance of fu

Sustainability-focused funds continue to be on the rise in the EU in spite of "growing anti-ESG sentiment", according to a new report from the Maples Group. A review of over 27,000 funds across the two largest fund domiciles in the EU, Ireland and Luxembourg, has revealed how the Sustainable Finance

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired Declan O'Sullivan as a partner in its Dublin funds practice. Mr O'Sullivan brings three decades of experience to the firm, which he is joining from the Dublin office of a US-headquartered international law firm.

Matheson is advising Irish-domiciled funds with total assets under management of more than $1.33 trillion, according to a new report. The firm's asset management and investment funds department has been ranked in the latest Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report as Ireland's leading practice by assets

Dillon Eustace has been ranked as the leading legal adviser to Irish-domiciled funds in a new report from Monterey Insight. The firm's asset management and investment funds team retained its position as the number one legal adviser to Irish-domiciled funds in the Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report

The competitiveness of Ireland's booming funds and asset management sector could be boosted by introducing a new indirectly regulated product regime, according to Ogier. Indirectly regulated AIF products, which are attractive for private asset investment strategies, have enjoyed significant growth i

New analysis by the Maples Group has shown a dramatic increase in the number and asset value of European sustainability funds since the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) became law. The analysis, based on a review of over 26,000 funds across the two largest fund domiciles in the EU

Dillon Eustace has been named as ETF Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the ETF Stream Awards in London. The awards, now in their third year, act as a barometer of success for the European exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry and celebrate the achievements of the ecosystem in 2023.

Dillon Eustace LLP has promoted Laura Goonan and Hannah Fenlon to partners in its asset management and investment funds practice in Dublin. Ms Goonan advises a wide variety of investment funds, investment managers, fund management companies and other service providers in the asset management sector

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has appointed Hazel Doyle as a partner in its asset management and investment funds (AMIF) practice in Dublin. Ms Doyle, who joins from Arthur Cox LLP, has more than a decade of experience in the funds industry, with her practice covering the full spectrum of adviso

The Central Bank of Ireland is seeking views on a new macroprudential policy framework for investment funds. A new discussion paper published yesterday aims to advance ongoing international and European discussions on how a macroprudential perspective in the regulation of the funds sector could be a