On 11 May 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) issued a letter to chief executive officers and branch managers of depositaries setting out the findings of its thematic review of depositaries’ obligations to assess, both at appointment and on an ongoing basis, the risks associated with a fund and its fund management company (FMC).

On 5 May 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland published its revised AIF Rulebook alongside the CP162 Feedback Statement. The headline change from a fund financing perspective is that the long-standing restriction preventing QIAIFs from providing third-party guarantees has been removed.

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The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland welcomes the Government’s review but says simpler requirements must continue to give shareholders and other users meaningful information about strategy, performance, risk and long-term value.

Organisations that take governance seriously will invest in the continuous improvement of their board, including board performance review and evaluation.

A new report reveals that an attack on the US company Hugging Face by OpenAI agents was far more serious than first thought.

New research from the Chartered Governance has found that organisations are embedding artificial intelligence into decision-making far faster than governance systems are evolving to oversee it.

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Boards need to discuss the issues and take the decisions that have a bearing on the long-term success of their organisation. Yet research from the Institute and Board Intelligence suggests that in many organisations board packs are a barrier to such discussions, rather than an aid.