| Hedge Funds - funds of funds a safer but pricier option |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
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| High earnings risk in cyclical sectors such as construction, packaging and airlines |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| John Mattimoe’s three sectors of building materials & construction, airlines, and paper & packaging share one thing in common: they are cyclicals. Hence they offer good upside ‘for the rally that will follow’. However, he also says that although valuation levels have become quite attractive, the market continues to face challenges in the coming year, particularly in the first half. |
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| HM Revenue changes to affect Irish ‘non doms’ in the UK |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| The Finance Bill 2008 does not contain any provisions on capital gains, despite the fact that under UK law a non-domiciled individual is not liable to capital gains tax on gains arising outside the UK, including gains arising in Ireland, except to the extent that the gain is remitted into the UK, writes Jim Ryan, one of Ernst & Young’s Tax Partners. |
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| Ireland’s securitised mortgage markets - what 2008 may hold |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| Paul Fenn looks at how the world changed between the first and second half of 2007, and considers what 2008 may hold. |
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| Key issue in food the ability of firms to pass on cost increases |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| Gavin Kelleher, Food & Beverage Analyst, says that while food companies could pass on input price increases in 2007, with a weaker consumer environment likely in 2008, further prices increases may be more of a challenge. |
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| Media and gaming - valuations affected by private equity downturn, and economy |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| Gavin Kelleher, Media and Gaming Analyst, looks at the fortunes and forward prospects of Independent News & Media and Paddy Power. |
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| MIFID targets Contracts for Difference |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| CFDs have featured centrally in the drama of the Irish equity market over the past year, and have been a source of leverage at a time of heightened volatility, with predictable results. Now MIFID will have implications for the sale and execution of CFDs. Paul Foley analyses. |
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| New HSBC Chief Executive Officer for Ireland |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
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| New VAT on property regime |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| While the Finance Bill has largely confirmed the Budget Day announcement in respect of the introduction of a new VAT on Property regime, the legislation requires very careful consideration as it has the potential to impact a very wide range of current and future property transactions. There are some key points to note for the financial services sector writes Niall Campbell. |
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| NTMA targets diversification into alternatives for National Pension Reserve Fund for 2009 |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
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| Nurturing talent in finance |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| The changing environment of the financial world demands that financial professionals are able to enhance their skills with competencies such as change management, strategic thinking, innovation and flexibility. However, a new survey published by Deloitte, The Finance Talent Challenge: How leading CFOs are taking charge, has found that half of chief financial officers (CFOs) believe their finance team demonstrates the skills that are needed to align finance with the business write Shane Mohan and Alan Flanagan. |
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| Other ‘Alternatives’ |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
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| Personal investment vehicles - the growth of self-administered options |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| Small self-administered pension schemes offer senior executives and directors in the finance sector the opportunity to manage their own retirement funds. They also offer financial and administrative benefits for employers. David Rouse identifies the rapid growth in the self-administered market. |
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| Private Equity - off the boil for now |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
| Private equity - offering high net worth investors the opportunity to avail of special situation investment opportunities - opportunities not available to the general public, and thus inherently attractive to those subscribing to the theory of assymetric market opportunity, has gone off the boil since the spring of 2007. Its time will come again though. |
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| PwC launches non-life actuarial consultancy practice |
Issue: 02 / 2008 |
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