| Telekurs opens new office |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| Telekurs Financial, the international provider of financial information, has opened a Dublin office, Telekurs Financial (Ireland). |
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| The A-Z of whole business securitisation |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| Initially, securitisation, as a financing technique, was developed as a means of funding the acquisition of residential properties in the United States in the 1970s. Today, companies of all types, revenue size, and debt rating routinely raise capital by using financial assets to back securities issued in the capital markets, writes Noman Ali. |
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| The Exit Charge |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| Finance Act 2003 brought in a tax charge on individuals who escape the Irish capital gains tax net while holding certain shares. In the same week in which the President signed the Act into law the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice expressed the view that a remarkably similar French regime was contrary to EU law. |
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| Third PPP project signed for €300 million |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| The first Irish PPP roads deal and the third Irish PPP project has been completed. |
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| Uncertain outlook for commercial property market |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| Marie Hunt examines the commercial property market and predicts continued good health, but with caveats. |
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| Variety is the spice of insurance life |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| Responding to complaints, discussing new product developments and attending award ceremonies all form part of a typical day in the life of Aidan Cassells, executive director, business operations at AXA Insurance. |
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| What are my options? |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| The rules in the Finance Act 2003 which altered the tax treatment of options are complex. Different regimes have application depending on when options are exercised, and when certain elections are made. |
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| Why Telekurs is opening in Dublin |
Issue: 04 / 2003 |
| Brendan Murray talks to Beat Koch, CEO of Telekurs Financial, about the company’s move into the ‘exceptional’ Irish market and the future of the international financial services sector in Ireland. |
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| A Day in the Life: Alan Malone, manager, euro derivatives, with AIB Treasury and International Wholesale Treasury |
Issue: 03 / 2003 |
| Alan Malone, manager, euro derivatives, with AIB Treasury and International Wholesale Treasury, and Hon. President of ACI Ireland, fights the traffic to juggle deals, meetings and a little volunteer work. |
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| Accolade for Davy |
Issue: 03 / 2003 |
| Davy Stockbrokers has been voted the No.1 research team in Europe for the fourth consecutive year by Institutional Investor magazine. |
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| Accountancy graduates set for career lift-off |
Issue: 03 / 2003 |
| The expansion and diversification of the accountancy market will bring a wide range of new career opportunities to the next generation of CIMA and ACCA graduates according to Executive Connections director, Karin Lanigan. |
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| Alternative investment for golfers |
Issue: 03 / 2003 |
| Move over private members clubs! Move over debenture holders! A new breed of golf club membership has arrived, writes Ronan McMahon. |
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| BIAM/SSgA wins €800 million mandate |
Issue: 03 / 2003 |
| The Irish Courts Service has appointed Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to manage €800 million. The Courts Service is responsible for funds on behalf of some 22,000 beneficiaries who may be wards of courts or minors. It is aiming to boost returns on the money it controls of behalf of such people. |
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| Changing times for Ireland’s corporate finance sector |
Issue: 03 / 2003 |
| David O’Donnell examines recent trends in mergers and acquisitions in Ireland and looks to the future, which may see Ireland’s 80 per cent squeeze-out threshold increased to 90 per cent under the proposed EU Takeover Directive |
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| Competition Authority powers bolstered by 2002 Competition Act |
Issue: 03 / 2003 |
| Alan McCarthy reviews the Competition Act, 2002 which came into force in July 2002, repealing earlier Irish competition legislation. |
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