| S&P says Ireland displays ‘troubled credit quality’ |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| Ireland is among fifteen countries which ‘display troubled credit quality’, according to Standard & Poor’s in its latest report on ‘Global financial system stress’. |
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| Salaries accelerate, but top firms see slowdown in 2000-2001 |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| Salary increases amongst most of Ireland’s top twenty accountancy firms have run in the 11 to 20 per cent range in the past year, an acceleration on the previous year’s already significant rate of increase. |
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| Should the tax year end change? |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| The Minister has announced a change of tax year end from 6 April to 31 December. Are there any benefits and are they worth the bother? |
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| Syndicated lending - the essentials for a successful deal |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| BNP Paribas recently co-lead managed a E500 million syndicated term loan and facility for ICC Bank with Bayerische Landesbank Gireozentrale. Among the participants in the 21 bank syndication were Westdeutsche Landesbank (Ireland), Banca Commerciale Italiana (Ireland), IIB Bank, Bank of Scotland, Bankgesellschaft Berlin (Ireland) and Unicredito Italiano Bank (Ireland). Simon Alloca of BNP Paribas sets out the process involved in syndicated borrowing. |
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| The big five comment on practice
and market issues |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| A selection of leading managing partners comment on regulation, the economy, practice management and the distinctiveness of culture |
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| Thumbs up for financial system |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| Encouragement for both the Irish Government and the Central Bank has come from the IMF in its annual review of the Irish economy, published in mid August. |
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| Top accountancy firm fees jump 16 per cent |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| Salaries and recruitment rise sharply, as giant PricewaterhouseCoopers edges towards IEP100 million |
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| Tough at the top for AIB |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| AIB's chief executive Tom Mulcahy speaks candidly to Finance on the DIRT tax audits, the company's share price and the wider issue of regulation. |
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| Transfer pricing |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| Rumours have been circulating that Ireland may introduce transfer pricing rules into its taxation code. It is not clear what need they would meet. It is clear they would be expensive to administer. |
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| Trend to go country increases |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| As more companies respond to the infrastructural bottlenecks in Dublin, the summer has seen a proliferation of new financial projects being established outside of the capital. |
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| Value for Money Auditing |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| Aidan Horan argues that value for money audits are an important element in the strategic management of organisations. |
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| Who’s who in Finance: Aziz McMahon, Economist, Ulster Bank Group Treasury |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
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| Who’s who in Finance: Eoin Fahy, Senior Economist, KBC Asset Management (formerly UBIM) |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
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| Who’s who in Finance: John Moclair, Head of Fixed Income Sales, BNP Paribas, Dublin Branch |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
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| Who's who in Finance: Colm Fagan, Managing Director, Life Strategies Limited |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
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