Podcasts from Irish Funds

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:

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 inflation, the war in Ukraine, the fall off in growth in China and the real effects and costs of climate change.

Recorded live on 31st May 2022. 

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

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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 into account by fund management companies.

This podcast is taken from a live webinar that we hosted on 28 June and considers:

Moderator: Patrick Rooney, Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, Irish Funds

Panellists:

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:

Moderator: Cathal McGlinchey, Chair ESG SD Working Group, Head of Financial Reporting Solutions, KPMG

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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: 

Speakers: 

Moderator: Patrick Rooney, Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, Irish Funds

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 Services

· Henning Swabey, Calastone

This discussion is from the Irish Funds webinar held on 9 February 2022, entitled “Crypto – are we at the dawn of a new asset class?” Panellists explore the emergence of crypto as a new asset class, the pros and cons of including crypto in a multi-asset strategy and how regulators are approaching this new development.

Moderator: Deborah Hutton, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Speakers:

Recorded live at the Irish Funds 8th Annual UK Symposium which took place in London on 11th November 2021, this episode features the Regulator's Panel Discussion. 

Moderator: Eve Finn, LGIM

Panellists: