| All eyes on the US, which holds the key |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Currencies outlook |
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| All eyes on the US, which holds the key |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Interest rates and bonds |
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| All eyes on the US, which holds the key |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Currencies outlook |
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| Anglo Irish Bank launches life assurance company |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Anglo Irish bank has launched a new financial services business Anglo Irish Assurance Company, following approval in principal from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. |
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| Basel Capital Accord proposals to impact Irish banks |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Large amounts of capital could be freed up within the EU banking system if Basel Accord proposals for a three tiered regulatory system are adopted in 2004. |
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| Caledonian chases 5 per cent of insurance market |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| The Royal Liver Group launched a new life assurance business in Ireland, Caledonian Life, which aims to take 5 per cent of the brokerage insurance market over the next three years. |
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| Call for ‘know your customer’ information sharing between banks |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Liam Crossan takes a look at the current compliance issues for credit institutions. |
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| Call for ARF initiative in Finance Bill |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Surprise abounds amongst the pensions and investment sector following the Budget announcement, where no provisions for extending ARF/AMRF were included, Des Mcgarry writes. |
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| Closing the stable door |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| At 76 years of age, has Alan Greenspan peaked? With the appearance of a number of biographies (the latest written by Bob Woodward, of ‘All the President’s Men’ fame) some are speculating that finally, this most careful of market watchers has finally run out of steam, along with the decade-long boom, with which he will be associated in history |
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| Commission launches consultation on regulation of conglomerates |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| The European Commission is assessing how best to regulate financial conglomerates, those single financial entities that offer a range of financial services such as banking, insurance and securities. |
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| Corporates favour bank funding to corporate bonds |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| John Bowe focuses on the major developments in the corporate banking sector in the past year and finds that while funding alternatives available in Ireland have been greatly enhanced in the euro environment, Irish corporates still favour bank funding to the corporate bond market. |
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| Davy and Goodbodys win again |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| Davy and Goodbodys Stockbrokers were outright winners in the Irish category of the ‘2001 Reuters Survey of European Larger Companies’ carried out by Tempest Consultants |
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| DG of Internal Market to speak in Dublin |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| John Mogg the Director General (DG) of the Internal Market Directorate (formally DGXV) of the European Commission will address delegates at the upcoming Finance Dublin Conference in March. The Internal Market has very important implications for the IFSC as it strives to create a single European market for financial services including banking, insurance, pension funds, securities and to harmonise company law, accounting and auditing rules across Europe. |
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| DIY capital: risk coverage |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| The Basel Accord proposals announced this month are going to shake up the international banking system as never before - but as with every move forward there will be winners and losers in this game. There is a danger however that domestic Irish banks will be poorly placed to benefit from the advantages of being in the top tier or ‘superior’ level of supervision, where the freedom to allocate capital: risk ratios are more dependent on the internal bank’s credit management system than on external forces. |
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| Hedge funds: revealing the lamp under a bushel |
Issue: 01 / 2001 |
| The hedge fund, abused and lauded in equal measure, has become an essential part of the range of investment vehicles available to institutional and sophisticated investors. The Bank for International Settlements in its most recent Quarterly Review published a comprehensive article by Kostas Tsatsaronis on this particular piggy bank, tracing its origin to 1949, interesting given Ireland’s increasing strength in hedge fund management. |
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