Politician(s) lobbied:Michael J. McGrath (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: To assess support of the Department of Finance for these recommendations in forthcoming European legislative negotiations
Methods:Virtual Meeting
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Virtual Meeting
Virtual meeting on 30 March 2021 to discuss BlackRock Recommendations for reform of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (BLK) and reform of UCITS fund structures following the Covid crisis. The details of these recommendations are set out in BlackRock's response to the European Commission consultation on AIFMD and in BlackRock's ViewPoint on Money market fund and open-ended fund reform. These documents are publicly available at the following urls:AIFMD: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/publication/ec-consultation-on-the-review-of-the-alternative-investment-fund-managers-directive-012921.pdfOpen-ended funds:https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/whitepaper/viewpoint-lessons-from-covid-19-liquidity-risk-management-central-open-ended-funds-november-2020.pdfMoney market funds:https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/whitepaper/viewpoint-lessons-from-covid-19-the-experience-of-european-mmfs-in-short-term-markets-july-2020.pdf
Politician(s) lobbied:Michael J. McGrath (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: Raise awareness of impact of market volatility on trading conditions in the light of the Covid crisis and the results of central bank intervention to support markets.
Politician(s) lobbied:Michael J. McGrath (Assistant Secretary), Department of Finance
Intent: Raise awareness of key policy issues for the Irish asset management industry
Methods:Meeting
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Meeting
The meeting discussed policy issues set out in the following document:https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/whitepaper/viewpoint-regulatory-developments-in-europe-2018-outlook-march-2018.pdf