| Euro appreciation against sterling would bring problems too |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| Robin Aspinall was in Dublin earlier this year to pick up local intelligence on the Irish economy and to share views on the Euro, Sterling, Ireland and the UK with clients of National Irish Bank. Here he offers some reflections on those themes. |
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| Finance Bill sparks |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| It’s not all dry, technical stuff at the Committee State of the Finance Bill. Here are some extracts from the cut and thrust of political exchanges. |
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| From Ballsbridge to the Bernebeu |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| 6.45 am The shower helps me regain consciousness and organise my thoughts to assault the day ahead. Commute by car for breakfast in the Berkeley Court. En route I check voice mail and respond where possible, then ‘crank up’ with Moby’s new album ‘Play’ on the CD. |
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| Generational accounts point to over-restrictive Irish fiscal policy |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| Standing out from Western countries, Ireland has no problem with generational imbalances, but the argument that the pensions problem for major economies could cause EMU to fail is over-cooked, writes Dermot O'Brien |
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| High techs and start ups can outsource treasury |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| Outsourcing treasury can grow from a few transactions a month to meet the rapid development of hi-tech, start-up companies, writes John Moriarty |
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| ICAI looks for new designation |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI), has joined with seven other professional institutes from around the world to form a Global task Force to explore the creation of a new international business professional designation. |
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| Investment products |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| New tax regimes have been introduced for life assurance products and other unitised investment products. They provide a single tax code for these products both in the IFSC, and nation-wide. |
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| Irish banks safe from takeovers? |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| The relatively small size of the domestic Irish banking market could serve as a natural 'buffer zone' between Irish banks and international takeovers, writes Eamonn Hughes, in this analysis of a European banking sector in flux. |
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| Limited volatility as bond yields rise |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| Strong economic growth combined with the rise in headline inflation rates following the surge in oil prices implies that central banks can be expected to continue tightening policy in the coming quarter. |
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| Long bonds: ‘remarkable’ decline in uncertainty |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| European Central Bank comment |
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| Majority sees euro recovery against dollar |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| At the beginning of each quarter, Finance invites bond and currency market experts to give their outlook for the quarter, and to predict the level of key indicators at the quarter end. The second quarter of this year began on 3rd April, and will end on Friday 30th June. Next July, analysts will have an opportunity to look back on the quarter past and review how the market performed against expectations. The following are the assessments for the current quarter. |
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| McCreevy pension fund now IEP4.1 billion |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| The temporary fund managed by the NTMA in advance of legislation setting up the pre-funded state pension funds received a further contribution of IEP1.1 billion in the first quarter of this year. |
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| Ministerial white smoke awaited by all |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| The Department of Finance remains ‘ready to roll’ with a memorandum to Government and a scheme of a bill to implement a decision on a single regulatory authority for financial services, according to a spokesman. |
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| More banks to offer on-line forex |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| Following Ulster Bank’s announcement of plans to launch an on-line foreign exchange dealing service, both AIB and Bank of Ireland have confirmed that they will be offering a similar service to corporate clients before the end of the year. |
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| More time please |
Issue: 04 / 2000 |
| The Finance Act 2000 has been processed through the Oireachtas in the same fashion as its numerous predecessors. New tax proposals are unveiled when there are only three days available to digest them, and where necessary, amend them. This is a silly system and does not lead to good law. |
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