| Working with an SAP system - the AIB perspective |
Issue: 08 / 2000 |
| AIB Group has worked with SAP for the past 5 years and recently turned to the company to help implement a more flexible approach to their staff travel needs. Michael Baume, manager of operations shares the groups’ experiences. |
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| $100bn US venture capital tidal wave builds |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| US no longer has ‘exclusive claim’ on VC culture, says Morgan Stanley guru. |
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| ‘Defined contribution’ dominate new pensions |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| The Pensions Board’s annual report for 1999 has confirming the overwhelming trend in pensions provision towards defined contribution schemes. |
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| 1.4 p.c. return means tough year so far for managed pensions |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| Volatility and corrections in equity markets show up in the half-year returns for Irish managed pension funds tracked by Mercer actuarial consultants. The highest performing pension fund was Canada Life/Setanta Series D with an 8.3 per cent return in the first six months of the year, including a minus 0.4 p.c. for the second quarter - also the best achieved in that time. The average return for the first half was just 1.4 p.c., while the median was 1 p.c. |
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| Anti speculative property tax |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| The new tax affects principally holiday homes acquired after July 14; property acquired by parents for use by children or vice versa; and rental properties not complying with certain conditions. |
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| Arthur Cox tops legal survey |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| For the second year running Arthur Cox has taken the position of top Irish law firm in an international survey of Irish in-house lawyers. |
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| Audit review group can help align standards to international best practice |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| In addition to correcting misconceptions about the nature of the accounting profession, the work of the Review Group on Auditing can highlight the need to stay competitive in international financial services in Ireland, writes Peter Carroll. |
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| Banks to open flood gates to m-commerce |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| Secure mobile banking will be a killer application for mobile commerce, writes Irene Dehaene. |
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| Cafeteria benefits - a recruitment and retention solution for the financial services industry |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| Since labour market power is now with employees rather than employers, a human resource management approach that adjusts to the trend is more likely to be successful, writes Ray McKenna. |
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| Duisenberg: no emotional comment |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| At the press conference following the meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank on 6 July, Wim Duisenberg gave some sound advice about media relations. |
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| EBS raise E500million in first mortgage book securitisation |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| First lead role for Irish lawyers. |
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| ECB ‘very preoccupied’ by regulatory issues, seminar told |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| The wider issues of financial regulation have been drowned out in the controversies over tax, compliance and the single regulatory authority, an Institute of European Affairs seminar heard. |
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| ECB seeks report on banking M&A |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| Speaking after the meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank on 6 July, ECB President Wim Duisenberg said the bank had decided that a report on ‘mergers and acquisitions involving the EU banking industry’ should be prepared for publication in the autumn. |
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| EDITORIAL |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| It is remarkable how the areas of capital markets finance and wholesale financial services are increasingly disconnected from retail financial services and the issues and controversies surrounding them. |
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| Estate agents grow private client services |
Issue: 07 / 2000 |
| In conjunction with NCB Stockbrokers, Gunne Commercial has recently launched a tax-efficient geared property fund. |
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