Irish Association of Investment Managers

What Irish Association of Investment Managers does

The Irish Association of Investment Managers (IAIM) is a Dublin-based professional industry association founded in 1986 that serves as the sole dedicated voice for the investment management industry in Ireland. It is structured as a company limited by guarantee under Part 18 of the Companies Act 2014 and operates from a single office at 26/27 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, with a small core staff of fewer than ten people. Its 24 corporate members comprise the leading global and domestic asset managers operating in Ireland, including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, State Street, Amundi, Legal & General, Northern Trust, Franklin Templeton, HSBC, Aberdeen, and Irish Life Investment Managers; member firms collectively employ 3,604 full-time staff in the Irish asset management sector and oversee a national industry managing approximately €5 trillion in assets.

IAIM delivers value exclusively through member services rather than commercial products: regulatory and policy advocacy before Irish and EU authorities, an exclusive C-Level networking forum, thought leadership initiatives (including research published in partnership with Deloitte), and education programs such as the Transition Year Programme developed with Savvy Teens Academy. The association generates revenue through recurring corporate membership fees billed annually, supplemented by event sponsorship from professional services firms (Arthur Cox, Waystone, EY, Fundipedia) and broadcast partnerships (Bloomberg TV). The organisation does not sell technology products, licenses data, or operate APIs; its competitive moat is its 40-year regulatory positioning, the closed senior-executive ecosystem, and brand recognition as the industry's established advocate.

Name

Irish Association of Investment Managers

Legal name

Irish Association of Investment Managers

Website

https://iaim.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Irish Association of Investment Managers (IAIM) is the sole dedicated industry body representing Ireland's investment management sector, founded in 1986. It provides regulatory advocacy, C-Level networking, thought leadership, and education to its 24 corporate asset management members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Corporate Membership Fees: IAIM generates revenue through corporate membership fees from investment management firms that meet the membership criteria. Membership is exclusively available at organizational level to firms directly involved in managing portfolios in their own funds and/or client assets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IAIM is a professional industry association that provides corporate membership services to investment management firms operating in Ireland. Its deliverables are advocacy representation with policymakers and regulators, exclusive C-Level networking forums, thought leadership publications and briefings, and education programmes aimed at developing the next generation of portfolio managers.

Product overview

The Irish Association of Investment Managers (IAIM) is an industry association, not a product company. It provides member services including advocacy representation for investment management firms before policymakers and regulators, networking events (Director Series, Member Series, Annual Dinner), thought leadership initiatives (collaborative research, breakfast briefings, industry debates), and education programs (Transition Year Programme for students, professional development). IAIM does not offer commercial software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Membership Annual corporate membership for investment management firms operating in Ireland, unlocking access to advocacy representation, networking forums, thought leadership briefings and education initiatives.
• IAIM Annual Dinner Premier annual networking event for Ireland's investment management sector executives, hosted at Dublin's Mansion House with senior regulatory and policy speakers and broadcast partner Bloomberg TV.
• Director Series and Member Series Events Recurring C-Suite and senior manager forums for IAIM members offering peer engagement and collaboration on key industry issues.
• Thought Leadership Publications and Research Collaborative research publications, breakfast briefings, industry debates and forums on key investment management topics produced for and with IAIM members.
• IAIM Transition Year (TY) Programme Education programme designed to introduce secondary school students to asset management careers and develop the next generation of portfolio managers in Ireland, run with Savvy Teens Academy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dublin ranked 7th globally and EU's top centre for asset management investment in GFCI 37
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• DeloittecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Conducted research through interviews with seven IAIM members and survey of 19 impacted members to produce the 'Delegation in the Investment Management Industry' report published October 2025. Collaborative research initiative supporting IAIM's thought leadership mission.
• Arthur Cox LLPmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 May 2025Arthur Cox served as main sponsor for the IAIM Annual Dinner 2025, held at Dublin's Mansion House (The Round Room). The event featured key speakers including Andrew Bailey (Governor of Bank of England) and EU Commissioner Michael McGrath.
• WaystonesupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 May 2025Sponsor for IAIM Annual Dinner 2025, supporting the premier event for Ireland's investment management sector executives.
• EYsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 May 2025Sponsor for IAIM Annual Dinner 2025, supporting industry networking and thought leadership event.
• FundipediasupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 May 2025Sponsor for IAIM Annual Dinner 2025, supporting the flagship industry event.
• Bloomberg TVmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 14 May 2025Broadcast partner for IAIM Annual Dinner 2025, with Francine Lacqua moderating the evening's conversations. Provides international media reach for the association's flagship event.
• Matheson LLPsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2023Sponsor for IAIM Annual Dinner 2023, supporting the association's flagship networking event.
• Girls Who InvestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023Partnership to increase diversity in investment management. Seema Hingorani, founder of Girls Who Invest, visited Ireland and collaborated with IAIM on initiatives to attract more women to portfolio management and executive leadership. IAIM's TY Programme aligns with this mission.
• Savvy Teens AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023IAIM partnered with Savvy Teens Academy, founded by Susan Hayes Culleton, to launch the IAIM TY Programme designed to introduce students to asset management careers with focus on disadvantaged areas.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• ICI (Investment Company Institute): Leading US mutual fund trade association, serving the same advocacy and policy role as IAIM but for the US market. Useful peer benchmark for membership services, research output, and member engagement models.

Others

• CFA Institute: Global professional body for investment professionals, comparable in mission to IAIM's professional education and standards advocacy. While focused on individual credentialing rather than corporate membership, both serve the investment management profession's institutional development.
• Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI): Ireland's banking industry federation, a domestic peer representing an adjacent financial services vertical. Operates a similar advocacy, policy engagement, and member services model within the same Dublin ecosystem.
• TheCityUK: UK-based industry body promoting the UK financial services sector internationally. Functions as a cross-sectoral industry body similar to how IAIM coordinates within Ireland, though covering a broader financial services remit.
• Insurance Ireland: Irish insurance industry trade association with comparable structure and role within Ireland's broader financial services sector. Member firms like Zurich overlap with IAIM, providing a sibling association peer for benchmarking operations.

Broad incumbents

• AIMA (Alternative Investment Management Association): Global association for alternative investment managers, with several Irish-domiciled members that overlap with IAIM's roster. Operates a broader geographic scope but with comparable advocacy, networking, and policy engagement functions for investment managers.
• EFAMA (European Fund and Asset Management Association): The pan-European trade association for the asset management industry. EFAMA operates as IAIM's broader umbrella counterpart at the EU level, representing similar firms to IAIM members but across all European jurisdictions.
• Asset Management UK: UK industry body specifically focused on the UK asset management sector, providing a direct structural parallel to IAIM's narrow asset-management focus. Useful comparison for member services and policy positioning strategy.

Direct peers

• The Investment Association (IA): The UK trade body representing investment managers, the closest direct peer to IAIM. Both serve the same function (industry advocacy, networking, thought leadership) for asset management firms in their respective jurisdictions with comparable membership models.
• Irish Funds (Investment Industry Directors Club): Irish member association for the investment fund industry, overlapping heavily with IAIM's remit. Both are Dublin-based associations representing overlapping segments of Ireland's investment management ecosystem with similar advocacy and networking functions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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