| More to euro than domestic politics
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Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| Euroland should be looking stateside if it really wants to judge possible
future trends, writes Geraldine Concagh. |
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| Northern Ireland could become ‘back office’ centre |
Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| Northern Ireland is now home to 'positive attitudes and a supportive approach' when it comes to investment, according to Sean Farren |
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| Pensions revolution
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Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| The Finance Act revolutionises the rules relating to self-employed pensions. The impact is primarily economic rather than tax related. |
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| PPP movement needed now |
Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| As Ireland’s infrastructual deficit balloons and EU Cohesion and Structural funds decrease by sixty per cent over the next four to five years, the PPP issue becomes hotter than ever, writes Tim Bouchier-Hayes. |
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| Sea change likely in corporate compliance |
Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| The recently approved McDowell report on company law compliance and enforcement could have the same effect on corporate compliance as clamping has had on parking offences all over Dublin. |
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| Servicing the pensionati |
Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| Ireland could develop a role as a leader in pension provision for other EU countries if it takes action now, according to a preliminary report issued by the Financial Services Industry Association (FSIA). |
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| Share Options |
Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| There are at present six different Irish tax regimes which apply to shares, or share options, obtained by reason of employment. This patchwork of tax measures results in a different effective tax burden on corporate employees, and those employed by individuals. |
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| Solutions to the ‘annuity question’ |
Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| Joe Byrne provides a comprehensive list of suggestions on how to overcome the (euro-induced) problem of slumping annuity rates. |
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| The internet - a tax free shopping mall
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Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| While tax-free purchasing powers may be attractive for on-line consumers, they
will cause headaches for the Revenue if legislative action is not taken now,
argues Dympna Donnelly. |
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| The sharing face of Irish banks |
Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| Contrary to much popular opinion, Irish banks showed their customers a more caring and sharing face than before in the course of 1997, as net interest margins were squeezed further. |
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| ‘Fly’ to overshadow ‘bug’ by year end?
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Issue: 04 / 1999 |
| In a worse case scenario, a millennium bug in the financial sector could lead to global financial meltdown. Brian Lynch examines some of the potential problems and asks how bankers and regulators should be reacting. |
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| Boom time for sellers, and buyers |
Issue: 03 / 1999 |
| Pat Gorman analyses the economic and accounting factors impinging on M&A |
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| Making acquisitions core to operations |
Issue: 03 / 1999 |
| As one of Ireland’s leading public companies, CRH has consistently been the most acquisitive Irish company over the last number of years, with 75 acquisitions in the last 3 years alone. Finance spoke to finance director Harry Sheridan about the secret of the company’s success in finding acquisitions which increase shareholder value. |
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| Managing the Deal (the lawyers' perspective) |
Issue: 03 / 1999 |
| The principles of project management can be brought to bear in planning and executing a successful acquisition. Declan Moylan and Niamh Clarke of Mason Hayes & Curran provide a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in the large volume of legal work and activity unleashed by an acquisition. |
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| Market upheaval no obstacle to First Active's flotation |
Issue: 03 / 1999 |
| Bobby O'Brien of ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, financial advisers to First Active during preparations for its conversion and flotation, explains why the Society decided to pursue its conversion plans in one of the most volatile markets in recent years |
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