| To hedge or not to hedge |
Issue: 03 / 1999 |
| Kilian Maxwell on the hedging option in the context of the euro. |
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| A Radical Curate’s Egg ? |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| Budget 1999 has been described as radical tax reform. Its impact on personal taxes is probably good in terms of promoting economic development. Other aspects, not much focused on by the media, may be ill considered. |
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| Common accounting standards move closer |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| It has become increasingly apparent that the EU Company Law directives, in particular the Fourth and Seventh Directives, have served Europe well but may not be fully responsive to current accounting and reporting needs. |
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| Corporation tax clawback proposed in budget |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| Gearoid Griffin highlights a number of the issues raised in the budget which are awaiting further and significant clarification in the Finance Bill. |
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| Dealers of the year on ‘98 and ‘99 |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| The Irish Association of Corporate treasurers handed out the laurels in December to those treasury bankers who served them best over the course of 1998. Finance asked the
winners to offer their thoughts on 1998 and the year ahead. |
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| EURIBOR
panel banks |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| The EURIBOR benchmark interest rate will be derived from the rates quoted by the following panel of banks. |
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| Euribor winning the battle |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| The impending introduction of the single currency has intensified the level of competition between the financial centres of London and Continental Europe. |
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| Eye on the books: A Day in the Life of the Group Finance Director of Aer Lingus
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Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| John O'Donovan on the cut and thrust of funding Aer Lingus' fleet and hedging its risks |
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| IBI Corporate Finance announce new private company unit |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| IBI Corporate Finance recently announced the establishment of a new dedicated specialist unit, IBI - Private Company Unit, to cater for corporate finance services required by private companies. |
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| Life in the Eurozone |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| The heads of treasury in the three institutions nominated in the IACT
awards on phase II of EMU. |
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| Limerick based corporate finance firm taking on the rest |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| BDO Simpson Xavier Corporate Finance Limerick first came to the attention of the corporate world when they led the McInerney Group through their remarkable restructuring - defying the predictions of all major market commentators. |
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| Looking for the next Iona |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| Philipp Matuschka on the practical steps required. |
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| Making use of the Freedom of Information Act |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| The Freedom of Information Act, 1997, which came into operation on 21 April, 1998 is a landmark statute. For the first time, individuals and businesses are given a general statutory right of access to information held by public bodies, including their personal files. Niall Michel says businesses in Ireland are well advised to make use of this facility sooner rather than later, for their own competitive advantage. |
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| National Accounts forecasts for 1999 |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| Despite the severe infrastructural bottlenecks (in the housing and transport infrastructural sectors) and the fall in short term unemployment below 4 p.c., both the ESRI and the Central Bank are forecasting continued rapid growth in the Irish economy in 1999, ‘well above’ (to quote the Central Bank) ‘the long term growth potential’. |
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| New euro era: the stuff of dreams |
Issue: 01 / 1999 |
| The start of phase II of EMU brings about possibilities for hedging and risk management that treasurers in Ireland could only dream about up to now. |
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