BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

Lobbying Organisation BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (DUBLIN) LIMITED

Date published 29 Apr, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Finance

Period 1 Jan, 2021 to 30 Apr, 2021

Specific Details BlackRock Recommendations for reform of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and reform of UCITS fund structures following the Covid crisis.

Intended results To assess support of the Department of Finance for these recommendations in forthcoming European legislative negotiations

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.

Virtual Meeting (1)

Virtual meeting on 30 March 2021 to discuss BlackRock Recommendations for reform of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (BLK) and reform of UCITS fund structures following the Covid crisis. The details of these recommendations are set out in BlackRock's response to the European Commission consultation on AIFMD and in BlackRock's ViewPoint on Money market fund and open-ended fund reform. These documents are publicly available at the following urls: AIFMD: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/publication/ec-consultation-on-the-review-of-the-alternative-investment-fund-managers-directive-012921.pdf Open-ended funds: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/whitepaper/viewpoint-lessons-from-covid-19-liquidity-risk-management-central-open-ended-funds-november-2020.pdf Money market funds: https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/whitepaper/viewpoint-lessons-from-covid-19-the-experience-of-european-mmfs-in-short-term-markets-july-2020.pdf

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.

Michael J. McGrath Assistant Secretary (Department of Finance)