| UK v Ireland |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| The UK is Ireland’s strongest competitor for inward investment. It is the second most important potential source of inward investment into Ireland. How do our tax systems compare? |
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| Using securitisation for funding diversification |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| Gerry Murray discusses the history of securitisation in First Active, and charts its development from the first two securitisations which were demutualisations to the latest which are ‘true sales’. |
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| Venture capital market remains active |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| Niall Carroll, managing director of ACT Venture Capital |
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| Venture capital market remains active |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| Neil O’Leary, chairman & chief executive, Ion Equity Ltd |
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| Venture capital market remains active |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| Gavin Burke, Trinity Venture Capital |
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| Venture capital market remains active |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| Conor O’Connor is chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association and investment director of the Enterprise Equity (Ireland) fund. |
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| Venture capital market remains active |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| David Fassbender, managing director, ICC Venture Capital |
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| Venture capital market remains active |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| Michael Murphy, chief executive at NCB Ventures |
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| Where we stand on regulation of European mortgage bonds |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| As the Asset Covered Securities Bill goes before the Dail, Judith Hardt looks at mortgage bonds in Europe and calls for greater transparency to help investors find their way around the new products in the new market. |
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| World Bank rates Irish pension coverage seventh out of 43 countries studied |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| Irish occupational pension assets as a percentage of GDP ranked seventh out of 43 countries surveyed according to a comprehensive study by the World Bank. |
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| Wrapper Rage |
Issue: 11 / 2001 |
| The Minister for Finance has announced that the Finance Act 2002 will contain measures aimed at ‘wrappers’. The Minister has taken a dislike to the lack of ‘collectivism’ which the wrapper displays. Is the Minister over reacting, or even tilting at windmills? |
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| ‘Safe cosy consensus’ attacked |
Issue: 10 / 2001 |
| The capacity of PPPs to deliver important public services, such as roads and schools, has been called into doubt by Ireland’s leading PPP academic. |
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| A look at share options again |
Issue: 10 / 2001 |
| The taxation of share options was the hot topic prior to Budget 2001. The Finance Act delivered a proposal (approved share option schemes) that meets no objective other than that of appearing to do something. The taxation of share options should be reviewed from scratch. |
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| Balancing tight security with data storage demands |
Issue: 10 / 2001 |
| Balancing the need for a tight internet security network with data storage demands means financial services companies face a must walk a tight rope amongst thieves. Jim Martin believes outsourcing is the only solution in a market where IT professionals are thin on the ground. |
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| Banking industry launches customer focused euro campaign |
Issue: 10 / 2001 |
| The banking industry is ready for the challenge of the Euro, and geared up to ensure that it is ‘business as usual’ for customers when the full changeover occurs from January 1, 2002. |
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