May 2020

Editorial: Books and V-bucks

By the time you read this, I will have hosted my first webinar from home, which I hope will go without a hitch. The...

Opinion: The post-Covid landscape

Anyone who has visited a supermarket recently will know that what shoppers most want is staples. Flour, pasta, eggs, rice: all have been in...

Private credit: Onwards and upwards or back to square one?

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, the use of private credit as an alternative to bank loans has grown exponentially. But what, asks...

Post-Covid-19: There’s no going back

Covid-19 has prompted fund managers to consider how the world will change – perhaps forever – in terms of globalisation and, notably, the response...

Exchange-traded funds: With flying colours?

ETFs recently marked their 20th birthday in Europe amid uncertainty and volatility. The Covid-19 crisis has hit indices hard but opportunities in these index-based...

Irish regulation: Governance in a time of lockdown

A greater awareness of governance in Ireland’s funds industry came about just in time for the Covid-19 crisis, writes Nick Fitzpatrick. But the regulator...

Irish investor services: “We’ll come out of this stronger”

Ireland’s investor services sector is undergoing a real-life stress test. Funds Europe speaks to some of its foremost personalities about working from home and...

Irish ETFs: Covid’s challenge to ETF project deadline

Ireland seeks greater efficiencies for its ETF industry, but lockdown threatens to delay a key plan to upgrade operations before the end of the...

Technology: Tech will ‘democratise’ wealth management

With the help of technology, retail investors will be able to access assets previously available only to institutional clients. Bob Currie reports on new...

Legal Ease: Real estate’s sea change

With the political narrative increasingly driven by populism coupled with the need to address social and economic imbalance and the impact of climate change,...

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