Expecting the Unexpected: Investment Market & Irish Economic Outlook 2026
Event Details
Free to members
Date and Time
Tue, 20 January 2026
13:00 - 14:00
Location
Your event link is available via IOB Learn
Event Details
Free to members
Date and Time
Tue, 20 January 2026
13:00 - 14:00
Location
Your event link is available via IOB Learn
Expecting the Unexpected: Investment Market & Irish Economic Outlook 2026
With both rising geopolitical risks and transformational trends, such as AI and automation, impacting the global economy, how will the wider investment market and Irish economy perform in 2026, against an ever changing set of challenges and opportunities?
We review the key areas to watch in the next 12 months as part of insight into some of the major topics covered in the Capital Market & Investment program and the Applied Alternatives Program
There is 0.5 CPD hours available for the following designations:
QFA - (all areas except Ethics)
CPD Member- (all areas except Ethics)
Registered Stockbrokers - (all areas except Ethics)
Licentiate of Compliance Institute
Professional Banker
Chartered Banker
Certified Bank Director
Certified Investment Fund Director
Certified Fintech Risk & Compliance Professional
Wealth Management Professional
Retirement Planning Professional
Certified Sustainable Finance Compliance Professional
MCI
Accredited Funds Professional
Regulatory Reporting Professional
Kevin McConnell
CFA, CEO GEM Strategic
Kevin, a Chartered Financial Analyst, is an external specialist consultant in the banking and investment sectors with over 30 years of experience in financial markets. Working with banks, regulators and investors in Credit, Capital, Stress Testing and Strategy, Kevin has experience in over a dozen regulatory jurisdictions across Europe, US and Emerging markets.
He has worked through a range of top tier M&A transactions providing stress testing/due diligence consultancy, and transaction advisory. He was a member of the Committee on Collective Investment Governance (CCIG) of Central Bank of Ireland (2014) which supported the development of CP86. Kevin has presented and provided training at European Central Bank, and has delivered expert programs to European and Middle Eastern based regulators on Bank Capital, Credit and IFRS9.
He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute for seven years, delivering programs in Investment Management to board directors, and is a Senior Associate of Faculty, Institute of Banking (IOB) Executive Education- Certified Bank Director Program since 2012. He has designed and delivers the Structured Finance/Credit program for the Msc in Finance in Michael Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin, the Graduate Diploma in Alternative Investment, the Professional Certificate in Capital Market Investment & Funds program for the Institute of Banking (IOB-UCD), and the Asset Management/Sustainable Finance program on the Msc. in Finance, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) for over a decade.
Kevin has also delivered programs on Bank Capital, Investments and Credit, in association with the IOB and Cambridge University. Kevin is also an adjunct Professor of Finance with TCD, and Examiner for the Certified Financial Planner examination for Financial Planning & Standards Board in Ireland.
Kevin is also deputy chair of the Irish platform of one of the largest CLO originators in Europe, sits on a range of investment fund boards and is chief executive of GEM Strategic, a specialist banking and investment consultancy firm.
