Season 3: Episode 14 - Central Bank’s 2023 Priorities

The Compliance Files

In this episode the Central Bank of Ireland Deputy Governor, Sharon Donnery provides valuable insights into the Central Bank’s 2023 priorities. Sharon reflects on how the Central Bank’s and industry’s responses in the last number of years has positioned us as we face the new challenges of 2023 and outlines the challenges that leaders in Financial Services face in charting a course through the uncertainty and complexity of the global economic outlook.

Sharon also elaborates on the six principles of the Central Bank’s regulation in order to support positive outcomes and outlines the main challenges that the Central Bank faces when dealing with innovative firms looking to establish here. Plus, gives an overview of what the Central Bank expects firms to be doing now, to address their climate risk exposure.

Following, the enactment of the IAF Bill 2022 on 9th March, and the Central Bank launching on 13th March its three-month consultation on key aspects of implementation of the IAF, Sharon outlines the Central Banks hopes for how the Individual Accountability Regime will improve standards in Financial Services firms.