| Who’s who in Finance: Mike Kemp, Chief Executive, Irish Insurance Federation |
Issue: 07 / 2001 |
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| A busy time for tax matters in the Courts |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| The Superior Courts in the last months have delivered themselves of more judgements in tax matters than Ireland normally produces in an entire year. Whereas tax litigation is voluminous in the UK and before the European Court of Justice, it is a rare matter in Ireland. |
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| CFOs in the dark about ERP |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Irish chief financial officers show a surprising lack of understanding about the possible benefits of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, budgeting/reporting tools and eBusiness, according to a study carried out by Deloitte & Touche. |
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| Changes afoot for Irish insurance industry |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Simon Glancy sets out a series of scenarios that he believes will influence developments in the insurance industry over the next five years and also discusses some strategic options for companies operating in the sector. |
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| Corporate Governance of hedge funds |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Julian Bartlett asks whether corporate governance is relevant to hedge funds, and finds that a strong regulatory environment will help to broaden the appeal of this type of fund to a wider investment community. |
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| Digital services and VAT confusion |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| The EU have still not arrived at a solution to the levying of VAT on e-commerce. Normally business would welcome a failure to levy taxes. In this case however the lack of progress handicaps EU digital supplies and favours their non EU competitors. A solution is urgent. |
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| EDITORIAL |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| The (fully fledged) euro looms larger and larger |
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| Employee share schemes to become more important part of pay package |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Employee share schemes are set to increase as part of the overall design of compensation packages for employees, according to human resource consultants, Mercer, who are currently holding a series of seminars for employers on this subject. |
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| EU move to ‘fair value’ brings IAS closer for listed companies |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland has welcomed the EU’s move towards the adoption of ‘fair value’ accounting rules saying it will bring International Accounting Standards for EU listed companies a step closer. |
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| Euro - firms warned time is running out for changeover |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Warnings of widespread lack of preparation as over 60 p.c. opt for Jan 1st changeover date |
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| Euro timebomb about to explode |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Yvonne Cullen says that the timing of detailed preparatory steps will be determined by a company’s preferred changeover date, but says businesses should remember that key customers/suppliers may have a significant bearing on when to convert, so it may not be entirely a matter of choice. |
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| European private banking ‘too optimistic’ |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| The results of a survey just launched by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests that there are leaner times ahead for European private banks and wealth managers as competition intensifies in the market. |
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| Getting a slice of the Irish pension fundGetting a slice of the Irish pension fundGetting a slice of the Irish pension fund |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Asset management companies hoping to get business from the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) are getting closer to finding out who the successful companies will be. |
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| Integrating internet applications is key to success |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Tim McCarthy explains how the direct business model used at Dell can benefit financial services companies and deliver benefits to the bottom line. |
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| Irish equities find favour in a balanced portfolio |
Issue: 06 / 2001 |
| Robert Hegt suggests ways to ensure that investment strategies are balanced so that reward is reflective of risk. He finds that domestic equities are often a good ingredient for this and he believes that Irish equities do have a place in a global balanced portfolio. |
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