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Features Lenny McLoughlin, who is Irish Life’s Investment Managers Chief Economist, who discusses COVID 19, the impact it is having on growth and how or when we might see some light at the end of the tunnel

Episode 1 | COVID 19 – Impact on pensions and investments

Welcome to Embracing Investments Podcast. 

In this edition, we interview Darragh O’ Dowd who is Head of Portfolio Solutions and part of a wider team of experienced fund managers who look after Irish Life Multi-Asset Portfolios, or MAPS for short which are a range of funds available on Irish Life Assurance savings, investment and pensions plans. 

Darragh provides insights on how Irish Life MAPS has been designed to weather events like the current COVID 19 crisis and also discusses some of the pitfalls to avoid when investment markets go through difficult periods like this.

Episode 2 | Irish Life MAPS Covid-19 update

In this episode, we interview Anthony MacGuinness, who is Irish Life Investment Manager’s Deputy Chief Investment Officer and responsible for developing and delivering our return and risk management strategies for investors. 

As coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the lives of people across the globe. Stock markets have shown that they too lacked any immunity from the disease and were severely impacted, falling further and faster in a period of a few weeks, than at any time in history. Such moves are enough to unnerve even the most seasoned investors. Many will be concerned about their savings or perhaps their pensions for retirement, and wondering what, if anything, they should do. 

Anthony gives us his thoughts on managing investments in situations like this, whether it is €20,000 or €20 million, and looks at some of the pitfalls that he and his team look to avoid.

Episode 3 | 3 things investors should do in a crisis

Irish Life - Talk to us about pension

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Brendan O’Regan, who is Irish Life Investment Managers Head of Property Fund Management, gives us his thoughts on property as an investment, insights into the managing property as an investment and the outlook for existing property investments

Episode 4 | The changing face of property

Welcome to Embracing Investments. In this edition, we interview Niall O’Leary, who is ILIM’s Head of Bonds and Chief Strategist. Niall shares his thoughts on the performance of markets to date, the trends in Coronavirus global case count and the threat from a second wave, as well as how markets are interpreting the level of government support and finally, what happens if there is a change in US president later this year.

Episode 5 | Market Update - Interpreting the Covid-19 threat

Welcome to the Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM) mid-year reflection for 2020. Given the impact that Covid-19 has had this year, we decided to take a different approach to our mid-year review to recognise the personal and professional impact the outbreak of the virus has had, as well as the impact on financial markets. We base this edition on an interview by Aoibheann Treacy (Head of Retail) with the CEO, Patrick Burke, and Deputy CIO, Anthony MacGuinness, to get their insights and thoughts on where we are now and what may lie ahead.