This live event will be an update on investment markets for the first six months of 2026.
Event Highlights
- Geopolitics - when wars and elections collide.
- Stock markets - are they immune to news?
- Has gold lost its shine or have markets moved to Black Gold?
Bernard Walsh
Bernard Walsh is Head of Investments and Pensions at Fairstone Asset Management. With over thirty years experience in the financial services industry, he has held senior roles at PwC, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank. He graduated with a B. Comm. from UCC and has qualifications from UCD, Coventry University as well as Sustainable Finance qualifications from SETU/MTU.
Bernard lectures students sitting the Specialist Investment Adviser qualification as part of the Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Financial Planning programme. He is a regular commentator on pensions and investment matters in the media.
Date: 15th July 2026
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Online via Zoom.
1 hr in category 3
ACCESSING THE EVENT
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If you register for this event and find you cannot attend on the day, don’t worry. The event will be made available On-Demand within seven working days for members who registered but did not attend the event. You can view the event On-Demand via LIA Elevate. To obtain CPD, complete a short series of multiple-choice questions at the end of the recording.
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