| New commission on taxation |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| The Minister has announced his intention of establishing a new Commission to report on taxation. The terms of reference of any such Commission will be critical to its potential for good and its capacity for damage, writes Paul McGowan. |
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| No time to waste on implementing Solvency II |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| Solvency II is a vast document that requires a lot of insurers and reinsurers to implement. With a dealine for implementation of 2012, Samia Ahmed-Hossain argues that there is no time to waste if the legislation is to be fully implemented. |
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| NTMA looks for commodities experts |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) is looking to hire commodity experts to provide enhanced commodity index management services for the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF). |
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| Offshoring in financial services - growing in both strategic and operational significance |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| Deloitte recently released its Fourth Global Financial Services Offshoring Survey which benchmarks current trend and practices in the sector. Derek Moriarty outlines the highlights of the report and their relevance for Irish financial services sector, which is experiencing a two-way flow in offshoring. |
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| Pension fund trustees may be liable to account for VAT |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| A recent Irish case may impact VAT treatment of activity of Irish pension funds, writes Terry O’Neill. |
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| People on the move with Finance Jobs.ie |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
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| Promoting entrepreneurialism |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| New Commission to examine tax reliefs and incentives. |
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| Recovery to take up to a year |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| The issue of when the global securitisation markets will stage a full recovery following this summer’s credit crunch will take centre stage at next month’s Finance Dublin International Securitisation Conference. While the jury is out as to when exactly issuers and investors will return to the market, a recent survey has indicated that it will take at least more than nine months. |
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| Survival guide to Solvency II |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| With the race to fully implement the EU’s insurance directive, Solvency II, by 2012, attention is turning towards the insurance industry.
Following on from Samia Ahmed-Hossain’s article on page 8, the following is a brief list of necessary insurance terms. |
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| True market is still some way off |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| Delegates flocked to the inaugural Pan-European Pensions Summit in Dublin to hear that while a true pan-European pensions market remains some way off, the European Commission is making real progress on removing barriers and Ireland is leading the way in developing the products that will facilitate this new market. |
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| UK banks dominate Q3 |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| UK banks again dominated corporate finance advisory activity in the third quarter of 2007, with Morgan Stanley topping the league table having worked on two deals valued at €6.6 billion. |
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| Warrants make a comeback as CFDs suffer |
Issue: 10 / 2007 |
| As investors shy away from contracts for difference (CFD) due to a turbulent summer of trading, covered warrants may be set to make a comeback. |
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| BoI looking for a slice of the Big Apple’s media action |
Issue: 09 / 2007 |
| Since it set up a media finance team in 2005 after hiring an already successful team from Barclays Bank, Bank of Ireland’s media operation has gone from strength to strength. Bill Greaves talks to Ronan O’Connor about the experience of establishing Bank of Ireland in the sector and the challenges in this competitive sector. |
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| Business as usual for corporate financiers |
Issue: 09 / 2007 |
| No slowdown for Irish M&A market over the coming months. |
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| Candidates really are calling all the shots’ |
Issue: 09 / 2007 |
| As the financial services sector continues to suffer from skills shortages, the power of job candidates continues to grow says a new survey. |
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