Ken Ring

Head of Product and IPM Client Governance at Ashmore Group

Speaker

Fulfilling the role of Head of Product and IPM client Governance at Ashmore Investment Management (Ireland) Limited. I am an experienced funds professional with over 17 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry. Beginning in HSBC in 2008, and holding various Transfer Agency, Fund Administration roles and AML related roles within CITI and JPMorgan. I moved into the Management Company space in 2015 with Invesco, where I held, at first a Fund Admin oversight role and from there transitioning to a newly created, off the back of CP86, delegation oversight officer role. Formulating a robust oversight framework mechanism to enable appropriate ongoing oversight of delegates, aligned with CP86 and assisting with the acquisition and onboarding of Source ETFs. This in time evolved into an Investment Management and Distribution oversight role.

Moving from Invesco to Maples, I joined the Maples Irish Management Company as head of the Distribution function and Designated person for distribution. Implementing a management company wide initiative, to bring the distribution function into alignment with regulatory obligations, while bringing the distribution related service offering up a level comparable with the best in the market. I also led a cross business project to ensure alignment of ManCo functions with SFDR and worked closely with a third-party certifier of Article 8 and 9 funds to align fund reporting with the regulatory technical standards and to add value to PAI reporting. From there an opportunity came to take on the role of Designated Person for Distribution at Carne Global Fund Managers Ireland Limited the largest Third Party Management Company in Europe. The role at Carne expanded my knowledge and furthered my interest in the varying solutions that can be found to enable Capital raising. I managed a number of large scale Marketing Material, Fund Documentation and SFDR disclosure related projects. Formulated a number of 'House View' and training papers on where precisely KIDs and KIIDs are required, Third Party Management Company positions on Reverse Solicitation and AIFMD Pre-Marketing.

I hold qualifications in Risk Management and Compliance and am a licentiate of the Association of Compliance officers Ireland. An enthusiastic Irish fund industry advocate, I am also a member of PRMIA and the Professional Women’s Network of Dublin and have recently completed The Capital Markets and Financial Instruments course with the Institute of Banking and have begun studying Sustainable Finance for Compliance Professionals with the Institute of Banking