| Working in corporate treasury |
Issue: 09 / 2002 |
| Niall O’Shea examines employment opportunities in Ireland’s corporate treasury sector and looks at how recent world events have impacted on domestic operations. |
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| Accountancy network rebrands |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| O’Hare & Associates, a chartered accountancy and business advisory firm based in Dublin, is to change its name to Baker Tilly O’Hare as part of a worldwide re-branding exercise by member firms of Baker Tilly International - a network of over 100 chartered accountancy firms. |
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| After parity - where next for the dollar? |
Issue: 07 / 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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| An introduction to securitisation in Ireland |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| In the first of a two part series, Mark Thorne and Conor Houlihan write a primer on securitisation and examine current securitisation opportunities in Dublin. |
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| Bankers present IFSRA report |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| A report commissioned by the Irish Bankers’ Federation on the implications of the new Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA), which allows for the establishment of a single regulator, has been presented to the Government and the Central Bank for review. |
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| Banks need a new approach to IT spending |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| It is doubtful whether the benefits reaped by spending on new technology are being passed on to bank’s customers says John Wright, and he recommends that banks adopt a new approach that focuses on ‘tele-consulting’ rather than ‘tele-sales’. |
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| Basel II deadline postponed |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| Due to several delays, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has postponed the date of implementation of the New Capital Accord from 2005 until 2006. |
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| Diary of a Deal: Permanent tsb's merger integration programme |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| Voted 'Deal of the Year' in Finance's annual corporate finance survey in the April 2002 edition by Ireland's top plcs, the acquisition of TSB Bank by Irish Permanent has proven to be one of the more successful financial services unions in recent times. In this deal profile, Gerry Danaher, head of the integration team, talks us through the key decision making aspects of the merger from which companies IT systems to choose, to the selection of the top management team, at all times aiming to attain the 'best of both'. |
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| Editorial |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| At a time when corporate revenues are under pressure, and profits in decline an annual growth rate of 11 per cent for Ireland’s leading accountancy firms is good, particularly against against an inflation rate of approximately 4 per cent in Ireland, even though it is down on last year’s annual rate of 16 per cent. |
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| EFR supports Pensions Directive |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| The completion of a single market for pensions in Europe would create substantial benefits for consumers across Europe, and for economic growth, a report published by the European Financial Services Round Table (EFR), the pan-European association of financial services groups, has revealed. |
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| Euro is still undervalued |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| Since the start of May, we have seen the euro rally from 0.91 to within touching distance of parity with the US dollar. What has caused this 10 per cent appreciation? And where will it end? Niall Dunne says the cause can be expressed in one short phrase: it’s a crisis of confidence. Where it will end is more difficult to predict. |
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| Everybody needs standards |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| Brian Walsh says that there needs to be extensive debate between Government and industry before an EU regulation is adopted, which will require all public companies to comply with IAS. |
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| Fee income grows by 11 per cent |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| Fee income of top Irish accountancy firms rises to over •570 million, but salary growth to plateau over coming year. |
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| FINANCE Accountancy Survey 2002 |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| Over the last year the accountancy industry has shown strong growth in fee income, while the level of recruitment and the rate of salary increases have been more subdued. |
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| First investment for new VC firm |
Issue: 07 / 2002 |
| BOI Venture Capital Limited, a subsidiary of Bank of Ireland, has invested •2 million in Kildare based waste management company, Advanced Environmental Solutions (Ireland) Limited, (AES). |
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