Webinar recording: The Boardroom Under the Microscope – Governance Risks in Alternative Investments
Watch our thought-provoking discussion with Abi Reilly, Partner at Ocorian, as we explored how boards, investment committees and asset managers can navigate today’s increasingly complex regulatory landscape, covering:
- How firms can strengthen governance and oversight frameworks to mitigate financial crime risks
- The evolving risk landscape - from credit, market and operational to ESG and “esoteric” risks
- The role of effective Investment Committees in ensuring challenge, accountability and robust decision-making
- Practical steps for managing conflicts of interest and maintaining compliance confidence
Your speakers
Abi Reilly
Simon Roderick
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About Ocorian
Ocorian is a leading global provider of fund administration, capital markets, corporate and compliance solutions.
Abi looks after several hundred clients on an ongoing basis, many of which have been with the firm for over 10 years. As well as looking after traditional asset managers, her team covers alternatives such as private equity, real estate, venture capital and impact funds. She also provides support to some corporate finance businesses, research providers, depositories, and placement agents.
Abi provides regulatory advice, training, support with policies, help dealing with the regulator, compliance risk assessments and monitoring, and other regulatory support. She also specialists in FCA authorisation and variations of permission, working with clients on their scope of necessary permissions and enabling them to build the appropriate compliance infrastructure so they can operate effectively as a regulated firm. Abi also conducts project work for asset managers who might have dedicated internal compliance teams but welcome additional resource, independence, challenge and assurance. She has worked with many clients on regulatory change projects such as SMCR and IFPR.
Before joining Ocorian, Abi spent 18 years at UBS – first at the Investment Bank and then for ten years in Wealth Management as Managing Director, Head of Risk and Compliance for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
She started her career in the City at the time of Big Bang working for the London Stock Exchange before TSA (as was) had even come into being. Thirty-five years on and she can trace the evolution of Financial Services regulation from the various scandals that have taken place over those years. She prides herself in providing straightforward, practical advice to firms to explain the current regulatory climate and how it effects them.
Abi read English at Cambridge University and briefly taught English and Drama at secondary school level. She is also President and Chief Coach of St James’s Swimming Club.