| Data protection issues to loom larger |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| Institutions which control or process personal data cannot afford to ignore the provisions of the published Data Protection Directive which gives further protection to personal customers, write Orla O’Connor and Bob Clark. Even though implementing legislation may only be published this summer, the Directive is likely to have had direct effect in Ireland since October 1998. The key features of the EU provisions, particularly those which go beyond the 1998 Data Protection Act, must be understood and taken on board now. |
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| EDITORIAL |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| There is a sense of change in the air at this half-way point through the year. There are areas which promise development and significant change to the financial landscape, such as the development of a Pfandbrief market, the placing of the national reserve pension fund on a statutory footing and the ramping up of PPP projects. |
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| EIB lending in Ireland to pick from modest 1999 level |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
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| EU heave on five areas for single financial market |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| The European Commission has identified five key areas for priority action that will underpin the efforts of its Financial Services Action Plan in establishing a comprehensive internal EU market in financial services. |
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| Going private |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| The dot.com goldrush to IPO has created unprecedented fund raising activity in the last number of years in the Irish market. |
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| Have you been dumped on? |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| Customs duties and barriers are coming down world-wide. These restriced trade but also offered protection against “dumping” of goods on the Irish market from outside the EU. Anti-dumping duties are a weapon that Irish businesses should now be familiar with. |
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| ICC Venture Capital now investing in 15 per cent of ‘serious proposals’ received |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| ICC Venture capital recently launched a ?100 million software fund and announced the completion of a ?100 million private equity fund, of which ?40 million has been committed to investments. David Fassbender, Managing Director, ICC Venture Capital, here engages in a Q&A with Finance. |
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| Independent financial reporting standards for governments issued |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| The International Federation of Accountants has issued the first eight international public sector accounting standards (IPSASs) designed to enhance the accountability and financial management of governments worldwide. |
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| Interest rate spread ‘uncompetitive’ |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
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| International markets becoming more correlated |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| Karena Knaggs wrote a prize winning essay analysing evidence for increasing correlation among international stock markets for Trinity College’s Foresight Business Journal. The following are extracts. |
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| International treasury associations concerned over accounting regulation |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| Members of the IGTA say the accounting of financial instruments should be clear and simple |
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| Irish ‘Pfandbrief’ project passes drafting milestone |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| The proposed law would specify a new role of ‘Cover Asset Monitor’ |
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| Irish retail banking sector among the most competitive in Europe |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| Two studies on bank charges and competitiveness were released in May. One was funded by the European Commission’s Consumer Affairs on cross border transaction charges, with media attention focusing on areas where Irish charges were in the high zone. Another was carried out at the beginning of this year by the consultancy, Strategic Solutions, for Bank of Ireland to assess the prices and profit margins for a range of core branch based retail banking services across the EU. Simon Glancy of Strategic Solutions sets out the results. |
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| ISE expects Xetra to bring more investors and trading |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| The Irish Stock Exchange's move to the online trading system Xetra leaves it poised to join any future pan-European Exchange |
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| Macro view on technology pays off for Montgomery Oppenheim |
Issue: 06 / 2000 |
| A fundamental view taken on the role of technology in the global economy taken in 1994 enabled Montgomery Oppenheim to deliver leading returns over the period, the company claimed at its investment conference in June. |
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