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Investment webinar – Davy Outlook 2022

January 2022
Niamh Prendergast, Director, Davy Private Clients and Wealth Manager of the Year at Women in Finance 2021, hosted a number of discussions with expert speakers from Davy. Our Chief Economist Conall Mac Coille will cover the Irish economy, which has performed remarkably well over the pandemic period. Donough Kilmurray, our Chief Investment Officer, will present our global investment outlook and how we are positioning our portfolios. Michael MacGrath, Head of our Investment Selection team, will give an insight into the booming world of private equity, and Dorothy Maxwell, Senior Director Sustainability at Davy, will focus on sustainability, an area of ever more importance in our industry. This webinar gives you the opportunity to hear directly from the experts that frame Davy’s view of the world and drive our investment offering. It will provide an insight into our cautiously optimistic outlook for the year, highlighting the reasons we are positive, as well as the difficult issues that temper our enthusiasm.

Lifestyle webinar – Davy in conversation with Gym+Coffee

September 2021
Irish athleisure brand Gym+Coffee was founded in 2017 with sustainability and community at its core. Launched online, the brand focused on growing a passionate community first. In 2018, Gym+Coffee moved into physical retail. Started initially as a two-week pop-up in Dundrum, the business now has grown to 7 stores in Ireland, 4 in the UK and a strong online presence in Australia, North America and Europe. Gym+Coffee has experienced 300% YOY growth every year and will grow to a full team of 160 people by the end of 2021.

Davy Private Clients interviewed Diarmuid McSweeney, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing & Community Officer at Gym+Coffee to discuss the secrets behind this phenomenal success story and the key role sustainability has played.

Investment webinar - What does sustainable investing mean for you?

May 2021
With an array of jargon in the sustainable investing sphere, it can be difficult to decipher what these trends actually mean for you as investors. At Davy, we’ve been investing in this space for many years and though previously quite a niche style for institutional investors, interest is increasing across the board. We invite you to hear from our Senior Director of Sustainability, Dr. Dorothy Maxwell, our Senior Investment Selection Analyst for our Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) portfolios, Eileen Rowsome, and our Chief Investment Officer, Donough Kilmurray as they uncover some of the myths around this space.

Lifestyle webinar - Living your best life: why resilience matters most

May 2021
Following a year where almost everything has changed, many of us have had to frame shift our goals and expectations, either personally, professionally or both. For some of us, future career means continuing along a chosen path, for others it means changing direction or pace, even moving from a professional world into a recreational one. Whatever our life choices and wherever we’re headed, our life plans have most likely been pushed out or impacted in some way by the events of the last fourteen months. Listen back to hear from our panel of experts as they discuss how our level of happiness and success is influenced by the shape we’re in mentally, physically and financially.

Lifestyle webinar - Raising Money-Smart Kids

June 2020
Would you like to learn how to take advantage of everyday teachable moments in raising money-smart kids? Listen back to hear from Cents for Kids Founder, Marah Curtin, CFP® and her co-host Susan HayesCulleton CFA, "The Positive Economist," for a wide-ranging discussion on everything from "where to begin" to how to use a weekly allowance to teach kids the value of money. Marah even threw in a few personal mistakes she's made along the way for good measure! Visit us online where you can subscribe to our newsletter as well as find useful resources for engaging your kids in fun and practical ways.

Lifestyle webinar - The Covid-19 Crisis: An existential threat or an opportunity for growth?

June 2020
Video recording from the Davy webinar discussion hosted in partnership with Genesis on the challenges and opportunities for businesses and workplaces imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic. The panellists included Pat Rigney, founder and managing director of The Shed Distillery, Drumshanbo; Dr Maureen Gaffney, psychologist, writer and broadcaster; and Conall MacCoille, Davy chief economist.

Lifestyle webinar - Navigating the Future

July 2020
Video recording from the Davy webinar discussion hosted in partnership with MCCP. Following a very recent and a very busy time advising the Department of Health throughout the Covid Crisis, Kay McCarthy, founder & MD of MCCP and Michael Browne, Strategy Director in MCCP, will speak to some key trends that have come to the forefront during Covid-19. These trends look likely to shape client demand in Ireland over the coming months. This presents an opportunity to meet these needs head-on and deliver tangible growth. Our panellists for this discussion are Kay McCarthy, Founder & MD, MCCP, Michael Browne, Strategy Director at MCCP, Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities, Davy Private Clients and will be moderated by business editor at Newstalk, Vincent Wall.

Investment webinar - Navigating a Negative Interest Rate Environment

September 2020
Video recording from the Davy webinar discussion on Negative interest rates. With Irish banks about to pass on negative rates to many deposit holders we examine the options for investors in this low return world. In this webinar we will examine the economic environment, the interest and deposit rate trajectory and credible and compelling investment options for you to consider to meet your own needs. Our panellists for this discussion are Bernard Byrne, Head of Capital Markets, Davy, Gary Connolly, Investment Director, Davy and Niamh Prendergast, Director at Davy Private Clients and moderated by Dearbhail McDonald, award winning Irish journalist, author, broadcaster and motivational speaker.