- Irish Investment funds approached €3 trillion by end September
21st November 2019: At its 7th Annual UK Symposium in London, Irish Funds announced that the total net assets for Irish domiciled investment funds stand at a record €2.925 trillion, according to data to end September from the Central Bank of Ireland.
- Industry cooperation amplifies the impact that giving has on our communities
Tinseltown and the party season may be in full swing, but it's a good time to take a moment of reflection and look at ways we can improve the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves. Worth considering might be basis.point, the charity initiative of the Irish funds Industry, which is a unique example of industry colleagues coming together and putting their time, energy and resources together to combat one single issue, educational disadvantage.
Six years ago, the charity was established by a small group of visionaries within the Irish funds sector, who saw the potential of coordinating their own personal giving in a structured fashion in order to amplify their impact. They identified education as a transformative component in offering a child a better future and the concept of #joinedupgiving was born.
- Finance Dublin's Annual Investment Funds Special Report 2020
The establishment of Mancos, the development of new clusters and product lines, the structuring of funds in Irish vehicles, with Irish wrappers recording new record asset levels, such as CCFs at over €100 billion, and new agendas in areas such as ESG, and new legislative and regulatory initiatives, are among the key pillars of development examined in this profile of a burgeoning industry on the cusp of new frontiers.
- Mediolanum Group opens new European Funds Headquarters, with plans to further increase headcount by 20 p.c. in 2020
5th December 2019: Ireland's Minister for State at the Department of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael D'Arcy, performed the official opening of Mediolanum Banking Group's European Asset Management Headquarters in Dublin today. The Irish operations of Banca Mediolanum comprise Mediolanum International Funds Limited ("MIFL") and Mediolanum International Life Dac. "We look forward to growing still further as we complement our substantial multi-manager and sub-advisory business with an increasing focus on expanding our team and competencies in direct securities selection," said MFIL's MD, Furio Petrobiasi.
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