| EU accounting headache for McCreevy |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| The Minister for Finance is concerned that the EU’s accounting rules under the Maastricht Treaty would penalise prudential actions, such as setting aside a fund to meet future public pensions liabilities. |
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| Euro uncertainty |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| Uncertainty on euro plans is rife among Irish companies, according to the most recent survey conducted by the Forfas EMU Business Awareness Campaign. |
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| Euroland optimism in long bond yields |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| In its September report, the European Central Bank comments that the average level of euro area bond yields has increased by around 125 basis points since May, bringing it close to 5.2% in early September.
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| Examinership law imbalanced for leasing |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| Catherine Duffy highlights some pitfalls in the proposed amendments to company law |
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| Financial services boom to continue - BIS |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| The Bank for international Settlements says that ‘booming demand for financial services may well continue to fuel above average growth rates for the financial sector in the long term’. |
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| Goodbye IRNR |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| By 1 October all Irish registered companies will be within the Irish tax net fully unless they have managed to avail of a limited number of exemptions. |
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| Growing the workforce |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| The EU have published their recommendations on labour policy in member states. |
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| Insurers - fight for the customer! |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| The global insurance industry faces challenging times ahead where ‘winning’ will involve a much greater emphasis on the customer, as well as global expansion and the development of a broader portfolio, according to a new report by Deloitte Research. |
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| Investment managers bid for public pensions business |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| Irish investment managers have outperformed UK competition since 1984 and are best placed to win contracts for the new public pension fund. But it is yet to be decided who will have the final say in appointing external managers and setting investment strategies. |
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| Lack of investment product curbs spending outlays |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| Marie Hunt on the state of the commercial property market, which has shown a phenomenal 36.8 per cent return in the year to June 1999 |
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| McCreevy: ‘I’m open to changes’ |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| The Minister for Finance invites experts to highlight the problems with dividend withholding tax and ponders obstacles to his public pensions plan in EU accounting rules |
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| NCB new index |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| The NCB Purchasing Managers’ Index, a new monthly economic indicator for Ireland, aims to provide a monthly measure of developments in the manufacturing sector |
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| Pensions as recruitment tool |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| Employers must put greater emphasis on the attractiveness of their pensions schemes when looking to attract and retain employees, according to a new corporate service launched by Arthur Andersen in Dublin. |
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| Seed and early stage equity capital in short supply |
Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| The financing environment is a continuing source of competitive disadvantage for Ireland writes William Beausang |
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| Seize the day
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Issue: 10 / 1999 |
| Major issues need to be addressed before January 2000 write Stephen Gill and Jane Duncan |
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