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.

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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.

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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 practices in delegate oversight. We chat about how mancos can plug into new and easy-to-use data sources to bolster their oversight. We also chat about the changing dynamic of the relationship between mancos and investment managers - how will investment managers feel about this new instrusive approach?

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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 involved. We also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of establishing your own manco. Finally, we talk about value for money and the need for both in-house and third party mancos to demonstrate they are not just a compliance cost.

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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 world a better place?  

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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 about some of the doubts he has concerning ESG investing as it currently stands.  

This podcast is the first in a short series dedicated to ESG.  In later episodes we will be looking at the new ESG rules from a legal and firm's perspective to see what they are and what they mean in practice.  Then we'll be catching up with Bob again to see if he's been convinced or whether his questions remain.

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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.

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