| Buy-out funds are on the increase |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Andrew Doyle says that the recent Green Property and Smurfit transactions are representative of a growing trend towards buy-outs. |
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| Conference on risk |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| A panel of internationally recognised risk professionals will address a broad spectrum of risk management issues including enterprise-wide risk management, legal risk, data protection requirements, IT and security risk at the second annual Operational Risk Conference 2002. |
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| Do mutual fund investors have a destabilising influence on the stock market? |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Noel O’Halloran investigates the theory supported by economists David Hale and Henry Kaufman,that the influence of the mutual fund industry today has increased the fragility of the financial system. |
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| Dublin law firm opens New York office |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC), the Dublin based law firm, has opened a New York office, which will be headed up US lawyer, Daniel Walsh. |
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| E760 million up for grabs |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| In one of the largest placements of pension funds in the UK and Ireland this year, the Dublin Courts Service is tendering four investment portfolios totalling E760 million to be managed by one or more fund managers. |
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| Editorial |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| New opportunities |
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| ERM - the key to managing risks in treasury |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| In the first of a two part series, Declan McGivern explains the crucial role enterprise risk management can play in maintaining an effective risk management regime in treasury. |
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| European pensions centre could generate 6000 jobs |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| If Ireland can achieve its aim of becoming the recognised European centre for managing occupational pensions schemes up to 6,000 skilled jobs could be created, Brendan Logue, manager in the financial services division of IDA Ireland, told delegates at an Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) Conference on Europe in Dublin on October 17th. |
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| European securitisation market buoyant |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| The European securitisation market is on target to meet 20 per cent year-on-year growth expectations by the end of 2002 after an impressive third quarter performance, according to statistics released by Standard & Poor’s. |
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| Foot shooting again! |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| The EU are threatening customs duties of up to 100 p.c. on certain imports from the USA. Many of the items potentially targeted are used by Irish businesses. This could affect Irish economic performance and employment. |
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| Foreign exchange hedging |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| An overview of foreign exchange hedging by Des Leavy and Rachel Killeen. |
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| Friends First’s new business |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Friends First Holdings, the Irish subsidiary of Eureko, the pan-European financial services group, has acquired Liberty Asset Management Ltd, an independent financial advisor. |
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| Future of the 12.5 p.c. CT rate |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| The 12.5 p.c. CT rate will arrive in just under three months’ time. Will it survive attempts at killing it at birth? |
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| Increased reporting requirements for liquidators |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Gavin Simmons explains the Company Law Enforcement Act, which established the position of the director of corporate enforcement. |
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| Interest rates forecast to remain unchanged |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Each month, the FINANCE Markets Panel, which consists of leading Irish market participants and analysts, provides views on key financial markets, covering currencies, equities and the gilt markets. |
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