| Major leasing case in UK |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| The UK High Court have refused capital allowances to a UK leasing company in respect of a sale and lease back transaction on a £91m gas pipeline. The deal involved Bord Gáis Éireann. |
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| New member on ISE |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Salomon Brothers International has been admitted to the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) as a member firm, and it will act as a primary dealer in Irish Government bonds. |
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| New opportunities for venture capitalists |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Aidan Devenny says that the life sciences sector offers many opportunties, particularly in the west and north west of Ireland, because of the healthcare industry, which has clustered in this region and the supporting infrastructure, which is developing around it. |
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| New partners appointed |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Niamh Caffrey and Kevin Murphy have been appointed as partners in Arthur Cox. |
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| New venture capital fund off to a flying start |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Bank of Ireland Specialist Business Bank is the latest player to join the country’s VC market. Fund manager Brendan Vaughan explains the background to Bank of Ireland’s decision to become a direct participant, describes its early successes and outlines plans for the future. |
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| Property is still a worthwhile investment |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| In spite of the slowdown that the commercial property sector has recently experienced, Marie Hunt says that it is still performing strongly compared to other investment vehicles. |
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| Restrictions to be placed on HRRs |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| The Central Bank will shortly announce guidelines on the use of historical rate roll-over instruments, in order to reduce the risk associated with using this type of forward contract. |
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| Servicing the financial services industry |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| As director of enterprise solutions in Deloitte & Touche, a typical Monday for William Dolan is split between planning and managing his service-line, and working with his financial sector clients. |
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| Smufit issues bond |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Jefferson Smurfit, the paper and packaging firm, has launched the largest ever high-yield bond from a European company. |
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| Success of conference indicative of potential |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Over 200 people attended the first Finance Dublin International Securitisation conference, at which Alexander Batchvarov, head of international structured finance research, at Merrill Lynch in London, told the audience that Dublin is an ‘optimal location for European and global securitisation, with one of the most developed investor bases in Europe, many credit enhancers and Irish issuers adding ‘diversity’ to the European securitisation market’. |
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| Taoiseach’s committees to be restructured |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| The IFSC Clearing House Group, which operates under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach, is to be restructured at the urging of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. |
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| Technology - a crucial weapon in fighting fraud |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Technology can prove vital in preventing fraud says Mike Zehetmayr, but equally important is abiding by the tenet of ‘Know your employee!’ |
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| The challenge of producing quality research |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| In the 2002 Finance Stockbroking Survey, the quality of equity research was voted as being the number one criteria by which Irish and international fund managers rank Irish stockbrokers. No surprise in light of the events of the past year, which has seen the independence and integrity of several respected brokerage houses in the US brought into question and several large publicly quoted companies severely damaged by allegations of fraudulent accounting. Finance asked John Sheehan, recently voted ‘Analyst of the Year’ for the second time running in the Finance Stockbroking Survey 2002, which was published in September, to address how important research will be in the coming year. |
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| The changing face of retail banking in Ireland - strategies for profitable growth |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| Derek Moriarty says that Irish banks are still only in the second stage of reaching profitable growth and have yet to capitalise on tailoring their customer offering further at a local level. |
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| Too early for windfalls? |
Issue: 10 / 2002 |
| A windfall tax applied to privatised companies four years after they were sold off generated over ?5 billion for the UK Government. Should the Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy adopt the same strategy and generate much needed capital asks Sheila Killian? |
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