Aquest Podcast

The first session of the CP86 MiniCon deals with the emerging regulatory landscape for Mancos - a hyper-relevant topic given the immient arrival of the Commission's AIFMD consultation and the Central Bank's CP86 'Dear CEO' letter. Shane Coveney, Dillion Eustace, joins me for this episode of the Aquest Podcast to chat through what attendees can expect from this CP86 MiniCon session. Connect with Sh...

With the cohort of legacy mancos and SMICs reconsidering their resourcing models, I chat with Eoin Motherway of AMX about the options available to them to meet regulatory expectations. Eoin gives a taste of what to expect at the CP86 MiniCon session on CP86 Solutions with some valuable insights into the benefits and drawbacks of each option. Connect with Eoin Motherway: LinkedIn https://theamx.com...

The way that mancos go about supervising their delegates, particularly the investment managers, is changing. Regulator expectations about the depth and quality of delegate monitoring are increasing with intrusive oversight and constructive challenge the order of the day. In this episode, I'm joined by John Phinney of Convergence to chat about his upcoming CP86 MiniCon sesssion on emerging best pra...

Tuesday's session (3 Nov) at CP86 MiniCon will deal with the solutions available to legacy mancos and SMICs who need to change their resourcing model. That session will be co-hosted by Nicola Gerety of AMX and she joins me on this podcast to set the scene. We chat about the types of questions investment managers have when considering the third party manco option and the challenges and timelines in...

With a myriad of new rules on ESG facing fund mancos, who better to walk us through these requirements than Tara O'Reilly, Partner and Co-Head in Arthur Cox’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Group.  We chat about what the new rules mean for fund mancos, the deadline for compliance and what needs to be done before then. We also chat about the ESG regime generally - will it really make the wor...

ESG is probably the hottest of topics in the asset management industry right now - certainly from a regulatory perspective with a suite of new rules coming into effect beginning 10 March next year.  But do ESG funds really deliver what they promise?  Bob Quinn advises retail investors on a day-to-day basis and he's not yet convinced.  In this episode of The Aquest Podcast, Bob joins me to chat abo...

I'm joined by Shane Coveney, a Partner in the Funds Department at Dillon Eustace. In this episode, we talk about the OE Role (Organisation Effectiveness), and how it has been affecting ManCos and SMICS since it's introduction with CP86. While I think that it's time to ditch the role, Shane has some insights on why the role has proven itself useful in the Funds Industry. Connect with Shane Coveney:...

I'm joined again by Bob Quinn, Independent Financial Advisor, who we know as The Investor's Advocate. Bob deals with retail investors on a daily basis. As most of us in the industry will never meet our funds' investors in person, I love the insights that Bob gives about the priorities and concerns of the average retail investor. In this episode, I was keen to find out what retail investors' views...

In this episode, my guest is John Phinney who is the Chairman and Co-President at Convergence Inc. John's mission is to help investors - not by looking at the markets and investment performance - but by performing in-depth analysis on the investment advisors those investors are appointing. John shares his insights on the flags he is looking for that point to an investment advisor being an outlier...

For this episode of the Aquest Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Bob Quinn from The Money Advisers as we take a look into the Investor's Perspective. We talked about what he does, how he engages with clients, when he does a suitability assessment and many more. We also took some time to talk about whether Australian Gold Mines are a good home for your hard earned cash. Connect with Bob Quinn...

Adrian Whelan shares that moment he realized he was proud to be from Finglas, inside an emotive discussion exploring; class, education, bias, and his role in the Protect Accent Campaign, with co-hosts Shannon Eastman and Daniel Lawlor. www. Protect-Accent.com Linkedin for Adrian Twitter for Adrian OnTheRegs.com/adrian-whelan/ and Protect-Accent.com Twitter for @AccentProtect LinkedIn for ProtectAc...

Episode Notes We are joined by Martina Kelly, Director of Funds at the Institute of Banking as she recalls how different the financial industry was back then. How has the financial industry changed, and the evolution of regulatory compliance. What were some of the challenges she faced back then and what's the direction the funds industry is going in now.

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In this episode Jennifer Cahill from Savvi Recruitment joins Shannon Eastman and I to discuss the trends she is seeing with recruitment from the individual's perspective, the firm's perspective and across the industry as a whole. This conversation covers trends, impacts, and the idea that once Covid-19 has passed, the actions firms have taken during these times will be remembered long after.

When the Central Bank of Ireland published its ETF Discussion Paper in late 2017, one of its objectives was to gather information on the resilience of the ETF structure so that it could better anticipate how ETFs might behave in stressed market conditions. What were theoretical scenarios then are being played out for real as we live through the COVID-19 crisis and the resultant market volatility?...

Cybersecurity has been a recurring issue for many regulated firms, and a concern of the Central Bank, even before Covid-19 hit our shores. In this Cybersecurity episode, we discuss the possible risks that may have been introduced when firms had to move fast and provide working-from-home capabilities, in response to the measures imposed as a result of Covid-19. We are joined by our standing co-host...

In this episode we invited Shannon Eastman who is a Human Behaviour Expert, Management Consultant, and Communications exert, Shannon Eastman to answer the question - Are we screwed? Where we discussed the impact of #COVID19 on individuals, on the industry and the regulators. Here’s our favourite take-aways: Those who adapt win. Be mindful of the mindset that you are entertaining most throughout th...

We loved our chat with James Newman over at perform. Here’s our favourite take-aways. *Operational Risk Due Diligence - 5 Best Practices * CP86 and CSSF Circular 18/698 provide some clarity on regulators’ expectations for how Fund Management Companies (“FMCs”) assess the operational risks that come from delegation (and sub-delegation). One of the key delegated activities in the fund environment is...

Last week, we published our 12 2020 Predictions where we set out what we thought were likely to be the key issues for the industry in the year 2020 and beyond. We've invited Brian Walsh, CEO of Reitigh Software to challenge us on what we thought would happen in the tech space. Aquest's 2020 Media Predictions is available now to download on aquest.ie/2020predictions For information about our traini...

Last Wednesday (20 November 2019), Matheson hosted a 'Knowledge Insights Event' on CP86 and Irish Management Companies with a particular focus on the Central Bank of Ireland's current thematic review on CP86 implementation. As the on-site inspections part of that review process starts to get underway, the panelists spent some time sharing their insights on the inspection process and how firms shou...

With the reporting requirements under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulations kicking-off in 2020, we're taking a look at how best to prepare so your firm is compliant from the get-go. SFTR reporting will affect firms (including UCITS ManCos and AIFMs) using Securities Financing Transactions (e.g. repos, securities lending, buybacks). The reporting obligations commence on a phased basis...