Respondents answered the following question: ’What is the level of international interest in Irish M&A deals and what are its characteristics?’ as follows:
After a shaky first quarter on the international M&A front John Kehoe, partner at Mason Hayes & Curran, looks at the prospects for M&A activity and opportunities in the Irish market for the remainder of 2001.
Paul McEnroe is a dealer on the Treasury & Institutional Desk at Bank of Ireland Treasury & International Banking. We take some time out to catch up with Paul’s foreign exchange trades, customer meetings and his search for a few weekend sporting bets.
Respondents were asked the folowing question: ‘Please rank in order of importance the sources of new funds for M&A/ corporate finance transactions of the type covered by this survey’.
A recent report by Arthur Andersen on the rationale behind financial services M&As reveals that these deals are still mostly a defensive maneuver, which ignores the human and technology implications for making the deal work.
As the deadline for euro changeover looms, a firm of Dublin solicitors has reminded companies that they must convert company share capital to euros by 31 December 2001.
Irish based company TheoFinance has launched a global invoice management service to help Irish companies involved in foreign export reduce the time of payment for their goods and services.
As the countdown to euro changeover continues, Irish preparations for the big day have come under scrutiny and criticism has been levied at Ireland’s dependence on paper transactions.
Respondents’ replies to the question: ‘How would you characterise Irish management's attitude to risk in relation to corporate finance deals at present (from 'over cautious' to 'too risk seeking')?’
