BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

Lobbying Organisation BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

Date published 18 May, 2017

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Jan, 2017 to 30 Apr, 2017

Specific Details Macropridential policy and implications of Brexit negotiations

Intended results To raise awareness of issues from an asset management perspective

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Joanna Cound

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

The meeting took place on 6 April 2017. We discussed BlackRock’s recent ViewPoint on Macroprudential and Asset Management policy available at https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/en-us/literature/whitepaper/viewpoint-macroprudential-policies-and-asset-management-february-2017.pdf and UK industry views on Brexit reflecting views expressed in the Investment Association Document ”A new relationship with the EU: available at https://www.theinvestmentassociation.org/assets/components/ima_filesecurity/secure.php?f=reports/20161216-anewrelationshipwiththeeu.pdf. We subsequently followed up with additional information requested by the DPO on the role of UCITS in supporting investment in the European economy.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Aidan Carrigan Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)