| International Financial Services Institute’s training programme |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| The recently established International Financial Services Institute offers courses to train the next generation of financial experts - from short programmes through to BA and MA qualifications. Nicola Carroll explains what's on offer and why it is increasingly important that Irish financial workers are educated to the highest international standards. |
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| Keilthy strikes out on his own |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| Stockbroker John Keilthy is leaving the industry after 18 years to set up a reputation management company, which, he says, will help firms ‘lock the door before the horse has bolted’ by taking due consideration of all stakeholders when making key decisions. |
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| Kingspan sets up €350 mn loan |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| Building materials group Kingspan has put in place a syndicated credit facility of €350 million in a move designed to fund its expansion over the next five years. |
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| New CFO at Esat BT |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| Andrew Tackaberry has been appointed country finance manager for telecoms firm Esat BT. |
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| New company launched |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| SVG Diamond Private Equity, an Irish company established for the purpose of investing in private equity buy-out funds in Western Europe and North America, has been set up and financed to the tune of €400 million. |
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| New EU code will greatly ease settlement of transfer pricing |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| The EU has just adopted a Code of Conduct which aims to eliminate double taxation in the area of transfer pricing. Gavan Ryle looks at the background to the Code and how it can benefit Irish companies engaged in international operations. |
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| PPPs are ‘corporate welfare’ |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| The recent controversy surrounding Government aid to National Toll Roads (NTR) has again raised the issue of the viability of public private partnerships, says Constantin T. Gurdgiev. |
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| Profile: Construction sector pension scheme |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| The Construction Federation Operatives Pension scheme (CFOPS) won the award for the best Irish pension scheme for 2004 at the IPE European Pension awards and is currently implementing the recommendations of a wide ranging review designed to meet the challenges of a changing industry. Pat Ferguson explains how it works. |
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| Specialist training is the key to success |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| There are many routes to a career in private client banking but Gerry Grenham of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland writes that the Specialist Diploma in Wealth Management has been specially designed to equip staff with the necessary skills for this developing specialism. |
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| Top finance management earn most in banking sector |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| Senior financial managers working in banking and insurance receive the best average wages, according to the latest executive salaries survey published by the Irish Management Institute (IMI) in December, which shows that average salaries for finance directors in the sector are in the region of €109,000. |
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| Two Irish members sign up to European Covered Bond Council |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
| Two Irish institutions have signed up to membership of the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC), which has just been set up by the European Mortgage Federation (EMF) in response to the significant growth of the market and product innovations over the past five years. The Council will represent and promote the interests of covered bond issuers and other market participants at international level. |
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| Who’s who in Finance: Geoffrey Randells, Head of Equities, KBC Asset Management Ltd |
Issue: 01 / 2005 |
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| A Budget that was more ‘new’ labour than old |
Issue: 12 / 2004 |
| From a financial services perspective the Budget can be welcomed as continuing to reveal a progressive policy on the part of the Government towards the development of finance in Ireland and Ireland as a competitive financial services location. The reduction in capital duty is a measure that has been long called for, and will represent an important step towards establishing Ireland as a headquarters location, which is a policy objective of the Taoiseach. |
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| A Day in the Life: spreading bets for success in interesting times |
Issue: 12 / 2004 |
| From a spread betting challenge on Eamon Dunphy’s Breakfast Show to hedging for corporates, Dermot O’Donoghue, managing director with Delta Index, is a man on a mission – to open the world of financial spreads to all investors, from IFSC experts to the general public. |
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| Capital duty reduced |
Issue: 12 / 2004 |
| Following extensive representations from the financial services industry to abolish capital duty charged when a company raises capital through the issue of shares, in his first Budget, Minister for Finance Brian Cowen acceded to some of the industry’s demands, and reduced the duty from 1 per cent to 0.5 per cent, with effect from December 2nd, 2004. It is hoped that the duty will be abolished next year. |
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