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A true specialist

Credit union expertise

Credit unions aren’t run like other financial institutions.

You’re managing members’ funds within a specific regulatory framework, reporting to a volunteer board and balancing lending priorities against investment returns. These are considerations a generalist adviser won’t always grasp.

We work with credit unions across Ireland, supporting them from bond execution through to full investment advisory relationships. We understand your business.

Integrated approach

Liquidity, strategy and governance don’t sit in separate boxes.

Managing your credit union’s funds touches everything: forecasting liquidity, structuring an investment strategy, meeting governance obligations, considering ESG, and keeping your board informed. Treated as separate jobs, it’s easy for the connections between them to get lost.

We bring these together into one coordinated service – managing liquidity with forward-looking cash flow analysis, structuring investment strategy around your lending priorities, and giving your board the reporting, insight and training it needs to stay confident in every investment decision.

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Regulatory support

Every recommendation has to stand up to scrutiny

You’re managing members’ funds in one of the most heavily regulated environments in Irish financial services. Every investment decision needs to hold up, whether it’s being reviewed by your board, your members or the Central Bank.

We act as a second pair of eyes on your investment decisions: written recommendations, portfolio checklists and a clear audit trail for every call we help you make, with a track record of steering credit unions away from unsuitable investments.

Why choose Goodbody?

20 years of experience. Over 150 credit union clients.

Few understand Ireland’s credit union sector like we do.

Our specialist team brings deep insight into the investment, regulatory and governance challenges you face, making us a strategic partner that goes far beyond investment execution.

We provide portfolio reviews, liquidity analysis, regulatory support and written recommendations, backed by Goodbody’s wider expertise in economic and investment research, ESG and markets. Plus, dedicated briefings, workshops, webinars, training and networking for the credit union sector.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Key points to consider

Yes. Meeting your board or investment committee directly is part of how we work, so everyone involved in the decision understands the reasoning behind our recommendations.

We take a lending-first approach, structuring your investment strategy so your credit union can meet its lending ambitions first, while still securing a healthy return on the funds available to invest.

We work closely with your credit union to forecast future cash movements, so you can meet regulatory liquidity requirements while still achieving a healthy return on the funds you hold.

Our recommendations come with a clear audit trail, including the reasoning behind each one, so your board can demonstrate that every investment decision was carefully considered and appropriate for your credit union.

We provide structured portfolio reporting and documented recommendations that your board and committee can review, helping you demonstrate to your regulator and your members that oversight of your funds is robust.

Yes, we can advise on ESG considerations across your credit union’s investment portfolio.

We work on a flat, transparent fee model, with no hidden costs. Custody charges are included as part of the advisory service fee.

Yes. Advisory clients get access to our in-house economic and investment research, including The CU Markets Brief, our quarterly update on market and economic developments.

The answers to these frequently asked questions do not constitute investment advice.

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