| So you've made a million - what next? |
Issue: 04 / 2007 |
| As Ireland's wealthy grow both in prominence and numbers, a new book has been launched aimed at advising the fortunate on how to manage their hard-earned cash. |
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| Stamp duty changes on securities transactions |
Issue: 04 / 2007 |
| The Finance Act heralded a fundamental and welcome change in the stamp duty regime governing securities transactions. This followed a useful process of consultation with industry prior to the introduction of legislation. |
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| Tracking an exchange - a cheaper way to achieve stellar returns |
Issue: 04 / 2007 |
| This month marks the second anniversary of the launch of the ISEQ 20 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the first ETF of its kind in Ireland. Since its launch the product, which offers low-cost exposure to the Irish market, has performed well and is up about 50 per cent on its initial price. With plans afoot to launch other ETF products for Irish investors on the Irish Stock Exchange, Brian Healy and Niall Gibney explain ETFs and their benefits to investors |
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| Transatlantic summit held in Dublin |
Issue: 04 / 2007 |
| Dublin hosted the a transatlantic summit - the first in Europe to discuss the ongoing regulatory agenda behind the creation of greater trade in financial services between the EU and the USA as SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins was joined at the Finance Dublin 8th Annual Conference by his European counterpart, Internal Markets Commissioner Charlie McCreevy. The commissioners were joined by Andrew Crockett, president of JPMorgan International and Bob Wigley, chairman of Merrill Lynch EMEA in a discussion on the development of greater trade in financial services between the EU and the USA. |
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| 'All-time high' for commercial property |
Issue: 04 / 2007 |
| Demand is at an all-time high in the Dublin office market, with letting activity up 31 per cent in the capital year-on-year. |
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| A Day in the Life: Donal Courtney, Chief Financial Officer of Capmark Europe Bank and International Rugby Referee |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| Donal Courtney is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has been chief financial officer of Capmark Europe Bank for the last five years. Capmark is a fully regulated bank by the Irish Financial Regulator and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capmark Finance Group Inc, a US based commercial property finance company. The Irish bank is focused on providing finance to the commercial property industry in Europe by the provision of debt and equity products and is a significant issuer of commercial mortgage backed securities(CMBS). Donal is also an international rugby referee in his spare time, and has officiated at Six Nations', European Cup and Magners' league level. |
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| BOI moves out of La Touche house |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| ue to continued expansion in its international lending businesses, Bank of Ireland has brought all of its Dublin based corporate banking teams together at the bank's head office in Baggot Street. |
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| Bonjour to funding |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| Both EBS Building Society and Irish Life & Permanent have accessed the French market over the past month, raising up to €4.5 billion in total. |
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| Debt factoring and VAT - case |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| The High Court has ruled on the the treatment of debt factoring in the context of VAT. It has rejected a Revenue argument that non-recourse factoring where the vendor of the debts collected the debts on an outsourced basis on behalf of the factor was a supply of exempt services for VAT purposes and confirmed that it was a taxable supply. |
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| Directors & Officers liability - an increasingly perilous landscape for Irish directors |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| Directors of Irish companies are increasingly at risk from claims brought against them for so-called 'wrongful acts', writes Breege Lynn, which can put their own private assets in jeopardy and the financial viability of their companies at risk. Moreover, legislation currently finding its way through the Oireachtas in the form of the Criminal Justice Mutual Assistance Bill 2005, will have far reaching consequences, she adds. |
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| Editorial |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| Comment from the editor |
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| FTI expands into the east |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| FTI, the specialist treasury management, consultancy and systems company, has been awarded the contract to provide the debt management system for the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance (MoPF). |
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| Government sends clear message to Brussels |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| The Government has firmly set out its opposition to tax harmonisation and the European Commission's plans to introduce a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB). |
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| IFSC needs to harness the plans and ideas of a new generation |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| Padraig Rushe looks back over the past twenty years of the IFSC and pays tribute to its hugely significant contribution to Ireland's economic recovery these past 20 years. However, he adds that perhaps now is the time to rekindle the vision, the enthusiasm and the dynamism that drove forward this unique project. |
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| Innovative capital markets deals by Irish |
Issue: 03 / 2007 |
| Anglo Irish Bank has become the third Irish mortgage bank to issue covered bonds, following its establishment of a €2 billion covered bond programme. |
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