Irish funds chief talks up European credit funds

The head of the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA), Pat Lardner, has talked up the appeal of credit funds in Europe to Asian investors on a recent visit to the region. Lardner, chief executive of IFIA, spoke to AsianInvestor as he passed through Hong Kong to promote a new regulation from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) allowing investment managers to participate in loan origination. He noted that as banks had reined in lending activities to meet more stringent capital con…