Podcasts from Irish Funds

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 fascinating and do keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the Irish Funds Annual Conference 2023.

We are sure you will find the insights to be fascinating and do keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the Irish Funds Annual Conference 2023.

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:   

This panel will discuss their perspectives on the hot topics and macro-economic challenges confronting their organisations and the industry at large. 

We hope you will find the discussion to be insightful and keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the Irish Funds Annual Conference 2023. 

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: 

I am sure you will find the insights to be fascinating and do keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the Irish Funds Annual Conference 2023. 

The second in a series of recordings from our recent Irish Funds Annual Conference, we are delighted to share with you this "Update on

The moderator for this session is Brian Fox of JP Morgan and our panel of esteemed industry regulators includes:

This discussion will address key topics impacting the regulatory environment over the next 12 months, including AIFMD, Macroprudential measures, the Individual Accountability Framework, ESG and operational resilience.

I am sure you will find the insights to be fascinating and do keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the Irish Funds Annual Conference 2023.

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 its implementation into the business world. The panelists for this discussion include:

The panel will discuss how AI is being applied in real-world scenarios in their respective organisations, the challenges involved in implementing AI in a highly regulated industry as well as examining the more macro perspective of AI and Ireland.

I am sure you will find the insights to be compelling and do keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the Irish Funds Annual Conference 2023.

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:

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 perspectives into account and examines how asset managers are responding to these challenges.

Keep an eye out for further podcasts shortly from the UK Symposium 2022.

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-prudential announcements for the non-bank sector.

Keep an eye out for more upcoming episodes with insights from the UK Symposium 2022.

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 including many funds industry specific examples. Commanding extensive academic research, and interviews with many pioneering women such as Mary Robinson, Sieghart paints a picture of how this social conditioning and unconscious bias is embedded in society and how we can counteract these forces.

Keep an eye out for more upcoming episodes with insights from the UK Symposium 2022.