Ronan Brennan

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MoneyMate

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09 Dec 2011

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Dublin

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As CTO of MoneyMate, Ronan is responsible for the strategic development of MoneyMates product technical architecture, product delivery and implementation. Ronan is the key evangelist for MoneyMate and participates as a speaker in many industry events each year, in addition to publishing a company bl

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Ronan has over 15 years technology experience and over 10 years experience in the funds industry. He has an honours degree in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin.

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On regulation: FATCA

So what the FATCA is FATCA? Well the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to give it the full name treatment is in layman’s terms an attempt by the Internal Revenue Service in the US to stem the loss of tax revenue as a result of US tax citizens attempting to avoid tax liability through investment in foreign investment companies and funds. The IRS ...

08 May 2012

On regulation .. Solvency II

This is taken from a series of blogs on various regulation themes that are occupying the minds of asset managers and fund administrators globally. While Solvency II is of European origin, it has global implications, and while it’s primarily targeted at the insurance industry, it has ramifications that reverberate deeply into the global asset manag...

26 April 2012

Getting the house in order for a post RDR world

2012 is set to be a dynamic year in the financial advisory sector. With the FSA’s Retail Distribution Review (RDR) coming into effect in December 2012, IFAs have to up the ante with standardised professional qualifications and increased transparency of charges and services. With time running out to comply, it is not a matter of when, but how to pr...

14 December 2011