Irish Times Funds Industry Report

The Irish Times has released a special report on key developments in funds and asset management with insights from leaders across the industry. It covers Ireland's success in the ETF market, private markets investment potential, the impact of artificial intelligence, financial literacy and more.

• Ireland in prime position to maximise private markets investment potential (Sandra O'Connell) featuring Ken Somerville, head of global fund services Ireland at US Bank, Nicholas Blake-Knox, chair of Irish Funds Industry Association and Philip Murphy, head of asset management tax, KPMG Ireland.

• Passport to success: Ireland’s European advantage (Edel Corrigan) featuring Dean Philips, partner, EY Financial Services, Jennifer Dobbyn, Ogier partner, investment funds, Vanora Madigan, Waystone global head of public affairs and managing director, Oisin McClenaghan, Ogier funds partner.

• Innovation key to growth as competitors seek to replicate Ireland’s success in ETF market (Deanna O'Connor) featuring James Allis, Waystone country head, Ireland and Nicholas Blake-Knox, chair of Irish Funds Industry Association

• ETFs: Why Ireland is European leader in exchange-traded funds (Danielle Barron) featuring Oisin McClenaghan, Ogier funds partner and Nicola Sheridan, PwC tax director, financial services.

• Irish funds industry’s broad regional spread is a win-win for all involved (Deanna O'Connor) featuring Nicholas Blake-Knox, chair of Irish Funds Industry Association, Mary Ruane, PwC Ireland partner and asset and wealth management leader, Nick Charalambous, managing director of Alpha Wealth.

• Agility is vital to ensuring Irish funds sector continues to expand (Emmet Ryan) featuring Pat Lardner, chief executive of the Irish Funds Industry Association, Nicholas Blake-Knox, chair of Irish Funds Industry Association, Ailbhe McManus, EY Ireland wealth and asset management partner and Michael MacGrath, head of global investment selection at Davy Private Clients.

• Meeting the talent challenge (Edel Corrigan) featuring Fergus McNally, EY and Ken Somerville, head of US Bank Global Fund Services, Ireland.

• Next-level artificial intelligence has the ability to transform operations (Danielle Barron) featuring Thomas Conlon, professor of finance in the School of Business at University College Dublin and Mary Ruane, partner and asset and wealth management leader with PwC Ireland.

• Funds sector charity’s focus is improving educational opportunities for everyone (Emmet Ryan) featuring Edel O'Malley, chief executive of basis.point and Nicholas Blake-Knox, chair of Irish Funds Industry Association.

• ‘Citizens across Europe are not investing, and Ireland is among the lowest’ (Jillian Godsil) featuring Niamh Geraghty, investment management lead for Deloitte Ireland and Umar Ahmed, director of EU Affairs at Irish Funds.

• 'It can only go one way’: Crypto on the rise amid Trump push and softening of scepticism (Frank Dillon) featuring Sean Kelly, founder of Akrido Digital Assets and Maria Flannery, KPMG Partner, asset management audit, and head of digital assets.

• Sustainable investment outflows (Sandra O'Connell) featuring Sarah Moran, director and ESG advisory lead at KPMG in Ireland.