Featured Premium Sponsor March 2026: Universal Investment

Universal Investment Ireland is proud to be working with Irish Funds to make their joined expertise more accessible to the financial community around the world. They offer a combination of an experienced ManCo and AIFM, efficient fund administration services, and active distribution capabilities for asset managers.

Metzler Ireland, one of the first ManCos in Ireland established in the 1990s, was acquired by Universal Investment Group in 2021. Likewise, Universal Investment Group is one of the pioneers in the fund industry in Germany and Luxembourg. By combining experienced teams and a powerful platform, they can offer one of the best possible services to Irish-domiciled funds. Now firmly established, they are here to stay.

Universal Investment Group is Europe's leading Super ManCo and fund services platform, with around EUR 1,449 billion in assets under administration across 5,000 funds and structures, and a workforce of around 1,700 across its locations in Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Dublin, London, Paris, Stockholm, Krakow, and Singapore. Founded in 1968 in Germany, Universal Investment is an independent platform for asset managers and institutional investors offering structuring and administration solutions as well as risk management for securities, real estate, and alternative investments. Universal Investment is a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.