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Annual Conference Magazine 2026
Welcome to the Irish Funds Annual Conference Online Magazine 2026. The Irish Funds Annual Global Funds Conference takes place on Thursday, 1 October 2026, bringing together leaders and experts from across the funds and asset management industry in Ireland and internationally. Explore our online magazine for industry insights and perspectives on some of the key themes shaping this year’s programme.
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Articles in this publication are thought leadership pieces contributed by organisations and individuals aimed at sharing industry insights and ideas. This not an endorsement of the content therein. Articles are for general information purposes only and are not intended to provide legal, tax, accounting, investment, financial or other professional advice on any matter, and are not to be used as such.
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Industry Insights - Capital Markets Reform: How Ireland’s Retail Investor Transformation Can Create a Blueprint for Europe
Terri Dempsey / State StreetWith Ireland’s EU Presidency underway and a range of domestic savings reforms on the horizon, this feature explores how national SIAs can transform domestic cash into active wealth. It examines the policy landscape, operational infrastructure, and cultural shift required for the fund industry to lead Europe's retail investment transformation.
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Industry Insights - From Automation to Tokenisation: ETF Trends to Watch
Ciaran Fitzpatrick / JP MorganGrowing ETF volumes and tighter regulations are requiring investors to leverage technology that makes workflows easier to document and scale. While Active ETFs in particular are fuelling developments in electronification that could power the future of global investment, experimentation around tokenising ETFs has yet to hit the mainstream.
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Industry Insights - It Takes an Ecosystem: What It Really Takes to Build a Successful ETF
Daniel Osborne / CarneAccording to Morningstar data, European ETFs and exchange-traded commodities attracted a record €337billion in net inflows in 2025, The momentum has continued, nearly €266 billion flowed into the market in the first seven months of 2026 alone, taking assets to more than €3.2 trillion by the end of July.
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Industry Insights - Agentic AI for Large Organisations: Beyond Token-Maxxing
Charles Holive / BNP ParibasDiscover how agentic AI for large organisations turns data into a strategic asset through autonomous AI agents. Read more to transform your workflows.
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Industry Insights - Tokenisation: From Early Experimentation to Strategic Imperative
Laurent Majchrzak / CACEISConverting fund units into digital tokens could have a huge impact on the fund industry in terms of distribution, operational efficiency and transparency. What part should digitalisation play in your future business development strategy?
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Industry Insights: Asset Managers Double Down on the Carbon Market
Lloyd Collier & Dewi Habraken / JTCAsset managers are ramping up exposure to the carbon market, drawn by strong returns, rising demand and a shifting regulatory backdrop, but greater trading activity is raising the stakes on partner selection.
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Industry Insights - Global Expertise, Irish Oversight: Building the Optimal Fund Delegation Model for the SIU
Liam O'Mahony & Patrick Farrell / PwCThe future of Europe’s funds industry will depend on striking the right balance between global expertise and local oversight. Discover why Ireland’s delegation model has become a cornerstone of that success, delivering investor choice while maintaining strong governance and control.
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Industry Insights: Digital Assets Continue Onward
Citi / CitiIndustry adoption of tokenisation is picking up the pace with the rise of on-chain money, maturation of technology, its growing adoption by Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) and the introduction of regulation.
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Industry Insights - Beyond the ETF: Building the Route to the European Investor
Gareth Myburgh & Barry Hurley / Universal InvestmentEurope’s ETF market is entering a new phase. Assets continue to grow, active ETFs are gaining momentum and investors are becoming increasingly comfortable using ETFs as core building blocks of portfolios.
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Industry Insights: CRD VI and Irish Loan Origination Funds
Damien Barnaville & Kate Kenneally / WalkersFrom 11 January 2027, a non-EU bank that wants to lend directly into the EU will need an authorised branch in each Member State where it does so. That is the effect of the sixth Capital Requirements Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1619, "CRD VI"), which fundamentally changes the landscape for many non-EU lenders that have built European loan books on a cross-border basis.