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Irish Life
Irish Life the largest life and pensions group and fund manager in Ireland, employing 2,000 people and servicing one million customers.
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Irish Life Health
Welcome to Ireland’s newest health Insurer, Irish Life Health. Bringing fresh options and innovation to the health insurance market.
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Irish Life Corporate Business
The largest provider of company pensions, life insurance and income protection for companies and affinity groups across Ireland.
Your goal as a DC plan sponsor or Trustee is to help deliver better retirement outcomes for your members. That's our goal, too. We are dedicated to helping you employ the best practices in plan design, investments and implementation, while making it easy for members to engage.
Our approach
Our approach to DC is one built on partnerships. When DC plans partner with us they benefit from more than our investment experience and expertise. They benefit from a comprehensive service offering that includes extensive investment design that is presented to members in an intuitive fashion. The fundamentals of our approach are outlined below.
Investment design
Experience has taught us that an investment platform with access to high-quality investment funds, allied with a robust and scientific design process to blend the best mix by assets and fund managers, offers a smoother journey with less risk. So, we work with you to create options that are right for your members, built with broad diversification, and aimed at replacing retirement income with as much certainty as possible.
Improving member engagement
Through providing funds with intuitive names to allow members understand their expected long-term return and risk, along with investment guides and the ability to directly engage with qualified investment professionals, members are more like to engage and get better retirement outcomes.
Providing funds to meet the lifestyle strategies
We offer investment solutions that can be used in every stage of the lifestyle strategy for members who don’t necessarily want to make their own investment decisions.
Offering a broad choice of building blocks
For members who prefer to manage their own investment portfolios, we provide a broad range of investment options.
Access
We work with all DC pension administrators, so any part of our investment solutions can be made available for your DC plan.
Reasons to invest
We have a track record for innovation and partnership with trustees and employers to deliver the most appropriate investment solutions for members.
As a longstanding DC provider (we have been providing investment solutions for DC plans since they were first introduced to Ireland over 30 years ago), we understand how behavioural finance can sometimes lead to irrational decision-making. That’s why our investment philosophy is to deliver a smooth investment journey and focus on risk management strategies.
We can work with any DC administrator to ensure the maximum flexibility for DC plans.
We are one of the largest DC investment providers, providing investment solutions across all industries and employers, both local and multi-national. This allows us the flexibility to provide solutions to both the largest and smallest of DC plans.
Our team
Here in ILIM, our DC team collaborates with teams across the business, helping DC plans achieve their investment goals, while providing you support on our full range of funds and services. This lets you improve your members’ retirement outcomes, helping you design, implement and manage the best possible solutions. To start or continue your conversation with us, please contact one of the team below.
Key Contacts
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As part of the Investment Development Management team, Eoin is responsible for leading the Defined Contribution (DC) client relationship team. Under Eoin’s leadership, ILIM is designing and delivering investment solutions to meet the diverse requirements of DC clients in Ireland.
Prior to joining ILIM in 2007, Eoin worked for eight years with Ulster Bank in the treasury and debt capital markets teams.
Eoin graduated from Dublin City University with a Bachelor of Business Studies degree in which he specialised in Finance. In 2003, he completed the M.Sc. in Investment & Treasury from Dublin City University. Eoin also holds the Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) qualification.
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As part of ILIM’s investment development team, Brian is responsible for delivering investment strategies and complementary services that meet the objectives of both occupational pension scheme clients and investment consultants.
Brian has over 15 years’ industry experience. He previously worked with Kleinwort Benson Investors and FBD Investment Services, holding a number of key roles focused on both institutional and private clients.
Brian holds a first-class honours primary degree in Business Studies, an MBS in Management Information and Management Accounting from University College Cork, and is a Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA).
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Louise joined ILIM in 2001 as a Senior Business Development Manager, and assumed responsibility for all aspects of the Irish Life Assurance retail relationship in 2008. In 2013, Louise took on the role of Senior DC Portfolio Manager, assuming responsibility for servicing the investment needs of our institutional DC clients. Louise holds an honours degree in International Commerce from University College Dublin (UCD) and a Master of Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD. More recently, she completed a Diploma in Strategic Marketing in the Irish Management Institute. She also holds the Certificate in Investment Management and the Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
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Gillian joined ILIM in February 2016 as Head of Platform Portfolio Management in the Retail Investment Development Team with responsibility for working with key Partners on the Irish Life Portus Platform. In 2022 Gillian joined the Defined Contribution Team in ILIM as a Senior Portfolio Manager with responsibility for servicing the investment requirements of our occupational pension scheme clients and investment consultants.
Gillian has over 20 years of investment management experience. Prior to joining ILIM, Gillian spent 11 years in London with the boutique asset management firm J O Hambro Capital Management. Before that Gillian spent 2 years with Invesco Perpetual in their Dublin office.
Gillian graduated from University College Dublin (UCD) with a BSC Honours Science degree followed by a H Dip in Business Studies from Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD. Gillian also completed the Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) qualification in 2019.
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Andrew joined ILIM’s DC team in December 2021 as a Senior Portfolio Manager, with responsibility for delivering investment strategies and solutions for institutional DC clients.
Andrew most recently worked for over four years at Davy as an equity research analyst covering the healthcare sector. Prior to this he worked for five years in London, as an equity strategist for Willis Towers Watson and subsequently as an equity research analyst for Sanford Bernstein covering European Utilities.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin (UCD), an MSc in Management Consultancy from the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School, and an MSc in Finance from Trinity College, Dublin. Andrew is also a CFA charterholder.
How can we help?
Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM) is the appointed asset manager to Irish Life Group Limited. ILIM is committed to innovating and leading the market with best in class investment solutions designed to meet the specific investment needs of our clients. Call us at: +353-1-704 1200 or email [email protected]