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CAIA Ireland - Private Market Perspectives
Date(s):
January 21, 2026
Note: All times listed are in local time
Venue:Arthur Cox LLP
Ten, Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin, D D02 T380
Fee(s):Free Event
Description:CAIA Ireland
Private Market Perspectives
Join CAIA Ireland in collaboration with IFDA and Arthur Cox LLP, to bring together senior industry leaders and fund directors to explore key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the alternatives space.
Private markets continue to evolve at pace, driven by shifting investor demands, regulatory developments, and the growing role of retail capital. This event, co-hosted by CAIA and IFDA, brings together senior industry leaders and fund directors to explore key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the alternatives space. Panel Topics: - Real Assets within private markets, where are we today?
- Changing investor demands and the growth of retail capital
- Key risks on the minds of General Partners
- How Ireland can level up in the alternatives space
- ESG, is the bubble bursting?
- CP162 and Irish Fund Director perspectives
Who should attend? - For Fund Directors: Navigate the evolving governance landscape. Gain a strategic view of how the new regulatory rulebook (CP162) and shifting liquidity profiles will redefine your oversight responsibilities and personal risk in 2026.
- For Investment Professionals: Stay ahead of the allocation curve. Understand how the democratization of private assets and the rotation into new sectors are reshaping portfolio construction and capital flows.
AGENDA
09:30 - Registration & Welcome 10:00 - Opening Remarks 10:05 - Panel Discussion in collaboration with: - David Byrne, ACCA - Senior Investment Manager, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Climate Team
- Robert Murphy, CFA - Managing Director, Real Estate at StepStone Group
- Siobhán McBean - Partner, Asset Management & Investment Funds at Arthur Cox LLP
- Harry O'Rourke, CAIA - CAIA Ireland Chapter Executive, and Managing Director, Real Assets at H.I.G. Capital
Moderator:
Ken Owens, FCA, MInstD, LIB, IoD - INED 10:55 - Closing Remarks 11:00 - Networking 11:30 - Close Important notes before the event: - This event is organized by dedicated CAIA members, who generously volunteer their personal time. Should you decide to register, we greatly appreciate your commitment to attending.
- If you find that you are unable to attend, please inform us at least 48 hours before the event. Your timely cancellations enable us to offer your spot to someone on the waitlist and help minimize food and energy waste
- Kindly note that registrations must be completed in advance, as walk-ins will not be permitted. Given the event's limited capacity, we encourage you to register as early as possible to secure your spot. If the attendance limit is expanded, we will promptly notify you.
- Registering a guest is possible but complete guests details must be filled in.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
If you have questions or concerns regarding registration for this event, please contact CAIA EMEA Chapter Relations. This event is organized in collaboration with: 
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David Byrne
Job Title: Senior Investment Specialist
Organization: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
Speaker Type: Panelist
David is a Senior Investment Manager on the ISIF Climate Team. David focuses on investments in renewable energy generation, energy storage and other infrastructure enabling decarbonisation, as well as financing for the growth of climate technology companies.
Siobhán McBean
Job Title: Partner
Organization: Arthur Cox LLP
Speaker Type: Panelist
Siobhán advises on all legal and regulatory issues relating to the establishment, structuring and ongoing regulation of investment funds and fund managers in Ireland. Siobhán has extensive experience advising a variety of fund structures and asset classes, including UCITS, QIAIFs, ICAVs, hedge funds, property and real estate funds, loan origination funds, money market funds, fund of funds and private equity funds, as well as advising on a number of cross-border and domestic fund merger transactions. Siobhán also advises investment managers, management companies, AIFMs and other fund service providers in relation to the establishment, authorisation and regulation of operations in Ireland.
Robert Murphy
Job Title: Managing Director
Organization: StepStone Group
Speaker Type: Panelist
Robert is a member of the real estate team.
Prior to StepStone, Mr. Murphy was an assistant vice president at Partners Group, a private markets investment manager. Before that he was an executive in Ernst & Young’s real estate corporate finance team. Before Ernst & Young, Mr. Murphy worked as an investment analyst at the Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund.
Mr. Murphy holds a master’s degree in finance from University College Dublin and is a CFA charterholder.
Harry O'Rourke
Job Title: Managing Director
Organization: H.I.G. Capital LLC
Speaker Type: Panelist
Harry O’Rourke is a Managing Director in H.I.G.’s Capital Formation Group. He is responsible for capital raising and client relationships in Europe, with a focus on the firm's global real asset strategies, including real estate and infrastructure.
Before joining H.I.G., Harry was a Partner at Threadmark, a global fund placement agent, where he spent nearly nine years raising capital across real asset and credit funds. Prior to Threadmark, Harry’s experience includes treasury capital markets at Investec Bank, as well as roles with J.P. Morgan and Enterprise Ireland.
Harry holds a Master’s in Strategic Management from the Michael Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin, and a Bachelor’s in Business Studies from Trinity College Dublin. Harry is also a CAIA charterholder.
Ken Owens
Speaker Type: Moderator
Ken is a Partner in the Asset and Wealth Management Regulatory Advisory Group at PwC Ireland, helping clients in the areas of Governance, Operational and Regulatory Risk, Outsourcing, and Regulatory Capital. He joined PwC in 1990 and has spent 23 years as a Partner. At PwC, he spearheads the delivery of regulatory advisory services to Asset and Wealth Management clients. Ken’s clients include global investment and wealth managers doing business in and/or from Ireland, involving UCITS management companies, AIFMs, MiFID Investment Firms, and UCITS and Alternative Funds. He is also involved with Irish Funds (IF), the representative body for firms in the funds industry in Ireland, in various roles over many years, including serving as Chair of the Counsel.
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