Featured Premium Sponsor May 2023: 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 as well as AIFM and efficient Fund Admin services, plus 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.

The Universal Investment Group is one of Europe's leading fund service platforms and Super ManCos, with around EUR 973 billion in assets under administration, more than 7,000 mutual and special fund mandates and a workforce of more than 1,700 at locations in Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Dublin, London, Paris, Hamburg and Krakow. Founded in 1968, the company is backed by lead investor Montagu, a renowned PE company and co investor CPP Investments, one of the worldwide largest pension funds.