| Merrill Lynch launches global product from Dublin office |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| Merrill Lynch has launched a new mutual fund that will offer its Irish high net worth clients access to the world’s top-tier asset managers. |
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| Opportunities exist for canny investors in VC |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| The venture capital industry in Ireland this year is characterised by increased competition, fewer investment opportunities and concerns over returns to investors writes Neil O’Leary - but the outlook is not all bleak. |
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| PricewaterhouseCoopers pips KPMG to the post as Ireland’s largest accountancy firm |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers has retained its position as Ireland’s largest accountancy firm, but the gap with KPMG has closed dramatically with KPMG being given a major income boost from the acquisition during the year of Andersen’s Irish accountancy practice, according to the 2003 Annual FINANCE Accountancy Survey. |
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| Savings Directive on way for January 1 |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| The EU draft directive on interest on savings has been slowed down, but seems likely to impact the Financial Services community sooner rather than later. The first key date is 1 January 2004, and some businesses may not yet have geared up to deal with it. |
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| Stamp Duty Rise Changes Property Investors’ Policies |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| Dr Clare McParland writes on the results of a new survey into the effects of the Government’s decision to increase commercial property stamp duty to 9%. |
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| The time is now ripe to invest in gold. |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| With bonds and property offering mixed returns, Mark Hutchinson examines the investment case for gold. |
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| UK stamp duty |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| Irish businesses and individuals are major investors in the UK. Investments are made both in property and in shares and securities. It is no longer safe to assume that UK stamp duty is minimal, or resembles Irish stamp duty. |
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| Welcome to AIB Capital Markets News |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
| AIB Capital Markets comprises AIB Group's Global Treasury, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking businesses. The Division operates world-wide through offices in Ireland, UK, USA, Europe and Asia Pacific through a range of specialist business units and subsidiary companies.
AIB Capital Markets plc is registered in Ireland. Registered No. 24484. Registered Office: Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. AIB Capital Markets plc is regulated by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority under the Investment Intermediaries Act, 1995. Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. is registered in Ireland. Registered No.24173. Registered Office: Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. is regulated by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. |
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| Who’s who in Finance: Denis Casey, CEO, Irish Life Retail |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
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| Who’s who in Finance: John O'Neill, CEO, AXA Ireland |
Issue: 10 / 2003 |
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| 12.5p.c. - Is it working? |
Issue: 09 / 2003 |
| Our 10p.c. corporation tax rate is an acknowledged success in developing our economy. Our 12.5p.c. corporation tax rate is now in place several months and had been anticipated long before it was introduced. Why are we not trampled down by inward investors? Are we complacent? |
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| AIB closes 3rd CDO |
Issue: 09 / 2003 |
| AIB Acquisition Finance, a division of AIB Capital Markets has closed a €407 million collateralised debt obligation (CDO) Galway Bay BV. |
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| Anglo raises €850mn |
Issue: 09 / 2003 |
| Anglo Irish Bank has kept busy this summer, issuing a €400 million two-year floating rate note, as well as completing a €450 million revolving credit facility. |
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| Ardagh raises €175 mn |
Issue: 09 / 2003 |
| Ardagh Glass, the glass container supplier, has raised E175 million in a ten-year bond issue.
The issue, which was launched on July 7th, has a rating of B1/B+, and a maturity date of July 1st, 2013. |
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| Dublin starts to see growth in hedge fund management |
Issue: 09 / 2003 |
| While European hedge fund mangers are predominantly located in London, centres such as Dublin, Paris and Milan are starting to see an increase in managers moving in write Jacinta Byrne and Aidan Conlon. One example is Vega Asset Management, a US hedge fund manager which opened its doors in Dublin in recent months. |
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