| Consolidation and regulation dominate the year for Irish accountants |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| Merger and acquisitions among accountancy firms worldwide is creating a dynamic industry in Ireland says Anthuan Xavier. |
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| CRH sweeps awards again in plc survey |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| Building material groups CRH dominates survey, but fund managers also highly rate small to mid capped stocks. Technology stocks rise in favour as financials slip down the rankings. |
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| Dealer of the Year 2000 |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| In late November the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers held their annual award ceremony n the offices of the ESB in Dublin. The awards are always hotly contested with all of the IACT members taking part in the survey of views. This year the Treasury Economist and Electronic Bank categories were added. The individual winners give us an insight into the year in corporate treasury and a look forward to 2001. |
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| DePfa moves public sector bank to Ireland |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| DePfa-Bank Europe to become headquarters for public sector bank in anticipation of the introduction of pfandbrief legislation in Ireland, due next year. |
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| EDITORIAL |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| Blemish on the face of the Budget |
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| Global consolidation impacts on Irish plcs |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| The global trend of mergers and acquisitions and management buy-outs has certainly impacted on Irish plcs in the past twelve months, according to the results of Finance’s seventh annual survey of fund managers on Irish publicly quoted companies. |
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| Hot jobs in IFSC command premium salary and benefits packages |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| Ernst & Young’s remuneration survey in financial services shows salary growth in the IFSC outpacing the rest of the financial sector, a boon for professionals, but a main concern for management. |
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| IBF initiative aimed to rebuild trust in banking |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| The publication of the IBF code marks the first time a single code of ethics, supported by codes of practice, has been agreed across IBF membership. |
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| Investment managers in the new millennium - where to from here? |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| Martin Nolan is expecting a return to normality after a growth in indexation and private investors in 2000. |
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| Lawyers rise to the challenge of corporate boom |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| The need for speedier deals, increased regulatory complexity and the increasing relevance of the requirements of other jurisdictions were important factors for the last 12 months says Ronan Molony. |
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| McCreevy calls for longer term view on euro |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy gave a strong vote of confidence in the euro when he addressed the Davy Stockbrokers conference ‘EMU - Is it working’ |
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| Mezzanine finance |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| David Carson presents the essential guide to Mezzanine finance. |
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| Pension industry expecting shake up from predicted Approved Retirement Funds extensions |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| Widening the scope of ARFs will cause a ‘drift’ of money away from annuities but is unlikley to cause a wholesale flood of money out of the pension industry says Des McGarry. This article was written before the 2001 budget was announced. |
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| Tax Monitor
Ireland and intellectual property |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| The new economy is driven by brain power and not by steam powered machinery. Is Ireland a suitable location in which to park a company’s brain power? |
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| Welcoming moves towards a coherent EU-wide pension policy |
Issue: 12 / 2000 |
| The Pensions Board is 10 years in existence this December. Its role as regulator and policy adviser on retirement income has developed over that time, with a highlight being the National Pensions Policy Initiative in 1998. The next ten years will bring the challenges of increasing the levels of pensions savings and the opening up of cross-border European pensions systems. Anne Maher, formerly of Irish Life’s corporate pensions business and current chief executive, is nearing the end of a five-year renewable contract. She discusses development themes with Oliver O’Connor. |
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