| Hedging your bets in an uncertain market |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| John Garvey takes a historical look at the hedge fund and discovers the appeal, despite Irish investors’ seeming reluctance to embrace this intricate instrument. |
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| IFRS for banking and financial service companies |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| The new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) regime will transform the way the banking and financial services organisations judge performance and value writes John McDonnell, in his analysis of the implications for Irish organisations. |
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| IL&P raises €500 million through FRN issue |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P), Ireland’s largest residential mortgage lender, has secured e500 million in the senior Floating Rate Note (FRN) market. |
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| Interest rate hedging strategy recommendations |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| A panel of Ireland’s leading economists and analysts predict that after a further decline later this year,
interest rates are set to rise in the Eurozone, US and UK over the next three years. |
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| Internal audits - a risk management tool |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| Gerry Fitzpatrick examines the findings of a recent study analysing the value of internal audits. |
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| Managing the downturn |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| If you feel you may be facing a downturn in business, consider how you may use the tax system to help you through it. |
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| New era of financial regulation ushered in |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| The Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA) has been officially launched. The new body is the single regulator for all Irish financial institutions... |
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| New EU takeover Directive needs to address concerns before adoption |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| David Widger examines the implications of the recently revised Takeover Directive, which has been criticised over the issue of multiple voting rights, and is due to be adopted shortly. |
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| New ISDA agreement will result in increased standardisation |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| Judith Lawless explains the new ISDA master agreement, which documents the transaction of derivatives, and which was agreed on January 9th, 2003. |
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| Pension funds in positive territory |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| Irish pension funds show positive return for the first time in 2003. |
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| Recovering capital |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| Two recent developments have focused attention on tax relief for interest ‘as a charge’ and on the circumstances in which that relief can be lost. This tax relief is critical to the financing structure of many groups. Tax directors need to pay close attention to the rules relating to loss of relief. |
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| Stg?350 million tier one deal for BOI |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| Bank of Ireland UK Holdings plc, a fully owned and controlled subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland, has launched and priced an issue of tier one fixed rate guaranteed callable perpetual preferred securities denominated in sterling. |
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| The role of prime brokers in hedge funds |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| Paul Farrell explains the function of prime brokers. |
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| The structure of company boards |
Issue: 05 / 2003 |
| The average Irish board comprises 13.6 directors, of which four are executive and 9.5 are non-executive, writes Dominic Sutton in this analysis of Irish board structure. |
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| Best practice treasury delivers payback to DCC |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| DCC's strategy of investing in best practice initiatives such as implementing treasury management software and standardising banking documentation delivers a substantial payback in terms of leveraging treasury resources to support Group initiatives, organic growth and acquisition integration writes Niall Kelly, in this profile of DCC's treasury department. |
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