Podcasts from Irish Funds

Today we are bringing you the first episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds 10th Annual UK Symposium, which took place on November 30th in London. This episode features a keynote address from Derville Rowland, Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Ireland. As Deputy Governor at the Central Bank, Derville is responsible for Consumer and Investor Protection, overseeing Retail Condu...

Today we are bringing you our final episode in our series of recordings from the Irish Funds Annual Conference, which took place back in May of this year. This episode features an interview with Caroline Farberger, who is a Partner at Well Street, and an advocate and ambassador for diversity and inclusive leadership; and the questions are posed by Eoin Motherway, an Independent Consultant. In this...

In this keynote address, Eve Finn, Managing Director of Legal & General Investment Management Ireland will interview Carol Ward, President of MAN GLG to understand what strategies clients are seeking to invest in under the heading of "The Investor Perspective". We are sure you will find the insights to be fascinating and do keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the Irish...

Today we are bringing you the next in our series of recordings from our recent Irish Funds Annual Conference, held in Dublin on May 18th. We are delighted to share with you this panel discussion entitled "30 years on – the continuing evolution of ETF investing” which will be moderated by Tara O’Reilly of Arthur Cox. The esteemed panellists for this discussion include: Keshava Shastry from DWS...

We are delighted to bring you the next podcast episode from our recent Irish Funds Annual Conference. In this keynote address, Matt McCormack, Chief Information Security Officer at BNY Mellon will discuss building trust through cybersecurity—its unique challenges, the keys to creating a proactive cybersecurity model clients can trust, and how to drive innovation that reduces risk. We are sure you...

We are delighted to bring you the next podcast episode, this time from our recent event we held in collaboration with HSBC, entitled “China: Reopening & Rebound - Insights on Market Opportunities and Challenges”. The panel discussion will be chaired by Paul Martin from PwC, with contributions from our esteemed panellists: Tae Yoo from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Florence Lee from...

We are delighted to bring you the next podcast episode from our recent Irish Funds Annual Conference. In this keynote address, Sonja Laud, Chief Investment Officer, Legal & General Investment Management will convey the CIO’s perspective under the title of “Rising rates, recession risks, geopolitics and regulatory change - the new normal”. We are sure you will find the insights to be fascinatin...

Market participants often look to studies on financial results on ESG vs. non-ESG funds as the judgment of the efficacy of ESG investing, ignoring externalities that can materially influence study results. In this panel we look to the fundamental performance drivers from ESG. The panel discussion will be chaired by Andrew Farmer from KPMG, with contributions from our esteemed panellists: Lisa Calh...

The next episode in our podcast series from our recent Irish Funds Annual Conference, we are delighted to share with you this "Business Leaders" panel discussion. Moderated by Niamh Geraghty of Deloitte, the esteemed panellists for this discussion include:    Lisa Harlow, Vanguard Group (Ireland),   Laura Trimble, HSBC Ireland   Cyril Delamare, Waystone  This panel will discuss their per...

The ILP is growing in influence in the structuring of private assets. Paul Giblin of IQEQ moderates this session as we hear from a panel of leading experts who have established ILPs and how it has successfully met their expectations.   This panel includes:  Paul Kelly, Elkstone,   Sarah Crawford, B-Flexion   Tim Jenkins, Lingotto Investment Management LLP  I am sure you will find the insights to b...

The second in a series of recordings from our recent Irish Funds Annual Conference, we are delighted to share with you this "Update on Regulation" panel discussion. The moderator for this session is Brian Fox of JP Morgan and our panel of esteemed industry regulators includes: Patricia Dunne, Central Bank of Ireland Antonio Barattelli, ESMA Camille Blackburn, FCA This discussion will add...

The first of a series of recordings from our recent Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference, we are delighted to share with you this fascinating and timely panel discussion, entitled “Unleashing the Potential: Exploring the role of AI in the Funds Industry”. This discussion will be moderated by Ciaran Fennessy of Citi who also lectures in the National College of Ireland in the area of AI and it...

Cybersecurity is on every board agenda. Sometimes it’s useful to take a step back and ensure that in our day-to-day management of this risk, we haven’t lost sight of the regulator’s expectations or the basic security gaps that enable so many attacks to succeed. Speakers include: Paul Burke - Link Group Sam Glynn - Code in Motion

We are delighted to share with you our Update on Regulation Panel Discussion moderated by Nicholas Blake-Knox, Walkers. The panelists for this discussion include: Tara Newbery - Northern Trust Asset Management  Federico Cupelli - EFAMA  Johnathan Lipkin - The Investment Association. This discussion addresses the rapidly changing regulatory environment in Ireland, taking UK and European p...

We are delighted to share with you our Regulatory Keynote address presented by Derville Rowland, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. Derville gives an insight into the CBI’s broader strategy and approach, including the concept of open strategic autonomy; as well as touching on the topics of sustainable finance, delegation and digital assets. Derville also delivers some timely macro-pru...

We were delighted to have Mary Ann Sieghart, Journalist, editor, non-executive director and broadcaster give a keynote address relating to her new book “The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It”. Sieghart outlines key takeaways from her study of why women still struggle to be taken seriously in professional life more broadly, as well as incl...

Irish Funds in conjunction with Fasttrack in Technology (FIT) have undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the current and future technology skills needs for the funds and asset management industry in Ireland. The episode is in conjunction with the publication of this report, with a discussion of the key findings from contributors, and we will hear about the successful technology apprenticeship p...

This episode features a panel discussion, first recorded at the Irish Funds Annual Conference in Dublin on May 31st, and explores how FinTech solutions can help with the challenges involved in international fund distribution. The panel is chaired by Henning Swabey, Calastone and features:  Aoife Doyle, Fenergo  Ronan Brennan, CSS  Karolina Gosz-Renzi, Clearstream  Len Sutton, J...

Recorded live at the Irish Funds Annual Conference, 31stMay 2022, this podcast features Derville Rowland, Central Bank of Ireland, Verena Ross of ESMA and Martin Maloney of IOSCO. The panel is moderated by Declan Casey of Irish Funds.

This podcast is taken from the Irish Funds Annual Conference 2022: a keynote address from Jim Barry, Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock Alternatives Investors. Jim outlines how we are at an inflection point in the global macroeconomic environment and how the context for managing capital and assets is now impacted by multiple and significant challenges which include the pandemic, rising inflatio...

From a discussion that was held at the Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference on 31 May 2022, this podcast features an expert panel who consider the pros and cons of a blended working arrangements and what corporate culture will look like in a hybrid working environment.  Moderator: Anne Keys, The Panel Panellists: Grainne Madden, GMJ Associates Richard Grogan, Richard Grogan & Associ...

New requirements regarding the integration of sustainability risk management will impact all fund management companies from 1 August 2022. The requirements place new obligations on the board and senior management and will have an organisation-wide impact. Join us for this webinar to consider the implementation of the UCITS and AIFMD delegated acts on sustainability risks and factors to be taken in...

This podcast is taken from an Irish Funds webinar from 16 June 2022 which provided a general update on data and reporting developments relating to the EU sustainable finance framework, in addition to addressing key aspects of implementation from an Irish funds industry perspective. The update covers: Periodic Reporting update CSRD & ESAP update EFRAG update Taxonomy and SFDR data insights ISSB...

Recorded from a live webinar held on 4th April 2022, this episode provides a general update on regulatory developments relating to the EU sustainable finance framework and addresses a number of key aspects of implementation from an Irish funds industry perspective, including:  Central Bank supervisory developments MiFID suitability consultation and EET SFDR developments Taxonomy developments&...

This discussion is from the Irish Funds webinar held on 3 March 2022, entitled “Transfer Agency – Kill the Fax”. An expert panel looks at the reasons why Transfer Agencies are still accepting faxes in 2022 and how the industry is planning to deal with this long-standing issue. Moderator: Alicia Carroll, Citi Panellists: · Stephen Florence, Fenergo · Ronan Doyle, RBC Investor & Treasury Service...