| Fifteen years in the making: the Irish economy today |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Dominic Sutton examines the key factors that have shaped Ireland's economy over the past 15 years including the technology boom and looks at how enlargement in the EU may impact our economic fortunes. |
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| Finance director leads international team |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| World cup fever hits Dell as Martin Dobey, finance director of Dell UK and Ireland, home, small and medium business division, and his team discuss Ireland’s chances and work out a themed sales and support incentive around the World Cup. |
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| Flexi-time - the number one benefit |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| One in two people working in Dublin’s financial services companies see flexible hours as the most attractive employee benefit a benefits survey conducted by recruitment consultants Joslin Rowe has revealed. |
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| Going private is not always the easy option for struggling public companies |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Public to private transactions are an attractive option both for shareholders and management of companies who are suffering from a lack of investor interest but the route is not always easy says Eithne Fitzgerald. |
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| Irish economy to grow at twice EU average |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| The Irish economy is expected to grow by around 3.75 per cent during 2002, down from 5.9 in 2001, increasing to around 5 per cent in 2003, and both growth rates are at least twice EU average growth rates, PricewaterhouseCoopers‚ latest European Economic Outlook reveals. |
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| Job losses threatened by insurance costs crisis |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Over 400 Irish companies believe that increasing insurance costs could put them out of business and have formed the Alliance for Insurance Reform in response. |
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| Law firms must continue to adapt |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| While the composition of law firms in Ireland has changed little from 15 years ago, the market that they serve has changed significantly. Ronan Moloney says that the law firms who will continue to succeed will be those who will again learn to adapt and evolve to serve the needs of this ever-changing market. |
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| New ICAI president |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Adrian Burke was elected the new president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) in Ireland at the institute’s annual general meeting. |
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| One ‘common pool’ for the trading of all stocks may yet be a reality |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Looking to the future of the investment management industry, Des Doran predicts that in future there will be one ‘virtual’ trading exchange for each major time zone. |
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| Pensions are too complex |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Gerry O’Carroll says that the pensions industry has become too complex and too highly regulated. |
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| Pensions remain key investment choice |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Tony Joyce examines the changes that have occurred in the Irish fund management industry over the lifetime of Finance magazine. |
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| Property Survey 1997- 2002 |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| For the past six years, Ireland’s leading financial services sector economists have given their predictions on the outlook for the Irish property market based on both bearish and bullish scenarios. |
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| Reflections: ’87-’02 - 15 Years of Finance |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Leading figures in Ireland’s financial services sector look back on the past fifteen years and give their predictions for the future. |
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| Risk management: corporate focus in years ahead |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| The transactional risks associated with the entry of the euro and the events of last September 11th have highlighted the importance of managing political and economic risk says Declan O'Neill and this will be the biggest concern for treasurers in the coming years. |
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| Second securitisation for Anglo |
Issue: 06 / 2002 |
| Anglo Irish Bank has launched a second securitisation of UK commercial mortgages through a special purpose company, Monument Securitisation (CMBS) No.2 Limited. |
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