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BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[Finance] BlackRock Recommendations for reform of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and reform of UCITS fund structures following the Covid crisis.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[Finance] Update the Department of Finance of the impact Covid crisis on various market sectors.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[Finance] ESG investing and financial wellbeing

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Rónán Mullen', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

May–August

[Finance] Introductory meeting on 11 June 2019

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Declan Kelleher', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] A discussion regarding ongoing initiatives to develop sustainable finance in the EU.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] The European Commission’s review of the European System of Financial Supervision.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael McGrath', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] BlackRock Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Michael D'Arcy", 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

September–December

[Finance] Exchange of views key issues in EU financial services policy as set out in BlackRock 's 2018 EU Regulatory Update ViewPoint

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael J. McGrath', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

September–December

[EU Affairs] Discussion concerning the legislative priorities of the Austrian Presidency

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Macropridential policy and implications of Brexit negotiations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aidan Carrigan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] A discussion regarding the potential impact of Brexit on the asset management industry

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Ann Nolan', 'role': 'Second Secretary General (Department of Finance)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] The proposed Pan European Personal Pension Product

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Centralised Counterparty relocations, European Market Infrastructure Regulation, Brexit negotiations

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

January–April

[EU Affairs] The European Commission's STS Securitisation proposal

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brian Hayes', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

May–August

[Banking and Financial Institutions] As part of the research process for our active equity platform, two members from the European equity team, in their capacity as financial specialists, met the Irish Finance Minister and colleagues for a discussion about the banking sector in Ireland. They were present in a research capacity and not actively lobbying for any specific legislative or policy outcome

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Noonan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] Discussion of the global investment environment in the light of recent political events and specific comment on a recent Department of Finance consultation affecting Irish Exchange Traded Funds.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Des Carville', 'role': 'Head of Unit (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'Sean Kinsella', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Finance)'} {'name': 'John McCarthy', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

September–December

[Banking and Financial Institutions] The European Commission's Green Paper on Capital Markets Union and its proposals for the STS Securitisation Regulation

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Aidan Carrigan', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)'}

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