| Economists’Property Poll 2002 |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| Assumptions for a bullish scenario include average annual GDP growth of approximately 5 per cent, stable interest rates and strong income growth. |
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| EDITORIAL |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| Property and the election |
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| House prices to rise by 5 per cent per annum over next 5 years |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| Economists are less bullish in their forecasts for 2002 and predict that residential property prices will rise by an average of five per cent per annum for the next five years or by 27.4 per cent over the next five years compared to an average forecast of 8.6 per cent given last year. |
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| Learn from past examples before expanding overseas |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| Companies should learn from the examples of AIB and Marks & Spencer and think twice before expanding overseas says Gael Hardie-Brown. |
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| Making sense of the markets |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| Grainne Alexander, director and head of marketing and client services at F&C Ireland Ltd, keeps a watchful eye on the markets as she deals with Friends First Asset Management’s rebranding campaign. |
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| PRSAs and unfinished pension business |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| The legislation to create Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) has been enacted. The PRSA adds to the ever-increasing number of pension products. The area of pensions is now so complex that few potential beneficiaries may understand the distinctions between the various products. |
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| Rate of growth of house prices set to fall |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| In the sixth annual Finance property survey, Ireland’s leading financial services sector economists predict that increases in residential property prices are set to fall growing by 7 per cent per annum on average over the next five years to 2006 assuming a bullish outlook. |
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| Reshaping the role of the banking regulator |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| William Johnston says that the success of the new single regulator in generating a stable financial regulatory environment will depend on whether it can maintain independent of outside influences and how well senior personnel involved in the Central Bank and IFSRA manage the interaction between the two entities. |
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| Retail stockbroking rules to tighten across Europe due to new standards |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
| Irish stockbrokers and investment managers are facing a tightening of the rules on how they conduct their retail business due to rules developed by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR).The rules are not yet mandatory but they represent industry best practice and will be implemented in European countries over the coming months. |
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| Who’s who in Finance: David Allen, Head of Hedge Fund Administration, Deutsche International (Ireland) Limited. |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
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| Who’s who in Finance: Niall Dunne, Financial markets economist, Ulster Bank Financial Markets |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
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| Who’s who in Finance: Tom Murphy, Leader of Mercer Investing Consulting , Mercer Human Resource Consulting |
Issue: 05 / 2002 |
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| ‘Deal of the Year’ goes to IL&P’s acquisition of TSB Bank |
Issue: 04 / 2002 |
| Ireland’s top plcs have voted Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P)’s E430 million acquisition of TSB Bank as ‘Finance Deal of the Year’. |
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| Audit and accountancy Bill to restore confidence in professional services |
Issue: 04 / 2002 |
| Peter Carroll welcomes a new Bill which will establish a supervisory authority for the accountancy and auditing professions. |
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| Brady joins Careers Register |
Issue: 04 / 2002 |
| Careers Register is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Brady as Recruitment Consultant. |
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