| Hedge funds fail to catch on |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| Irish pension funds are failing to allocate to alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity and currencies, according to a new report from the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF). |
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| Industry needs to keep the pressure on in order to meet MiFID deadline |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| While most financial institutions are making headway with their preparations for MiFID, senior industry figures say that there is a lot more to do between now and the deadline. |
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| Integrity due diligence - preventing investment mistakes in emerging markets |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| Emerging markets can be lucrative, but also risky. David Carson and Craig Bale say that there is a way to minimise exposure to these risks – a comprehensive integrity due diligence process, followed by the necessary response to findings. |
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| New firms look to Dublin for European growth |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| The past few months has seen a flurry of international financial services firms open in Dublin, with the latest, Eleavon Financial Services, having just received a banking licence from the Financial Regulator. |
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| New head at KPMG |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| Terence O’Rourke has been appointed as managing partner of ‘Big 4’ accountancy firm KPMG, succeeding Denis O’Connor, who is to retire in May 2007, following a serious illness. O’Connor will continue as partner with the firm thereafter. |
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| People on the move |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| People on the move |
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| Principles are important at the Financial Regulator |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| Since its establishment in 2003, the Financial Regulator has expanded its consumer remit, while remaining committed to meeting the needs of the wholesale financial services sector. Con Horan talks to Fiona Reddan about the on-going challenges of dealing with the onslaught of regulations coming from Brussels, ensuring that the Irish industry remains competitive, and getting the Regulator’s ‘principles’ message across. |
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| Re-focusing the CFO’s role to strategic direction and value creation |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| CFOs of multinational and Irish owned companies have been charged by shareholders and CEOs with adding value at every opportunity. The challenge is to transform often inwardly looking finance functions working mainly on financial reporting and controls, to one that spends more time focused on strategic decision-making and value creation. |
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| Reilly's new fund |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| As reported in last month's FINANCE, Chris Reilly, former chief investment officer of Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM), is to manage a new fund for the firm. |
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| The Irish experience of an international bank - Depfa's Irish story |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| Michael Deeny looks back on thirteen years of Depfa Bank’s presence in Dublin, which has seen the bank headquarter its operations in Ireland, grow its local work force to 250 people, its asset base to €229 billion, and become very active in the nascent Irish covered bond market. Dublin’s financial centre has experienced similar growth rates during this time, and is 'now very definitely on the world financial map’. |
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| UK pre budget report |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
| The UK pre budget report is of interest in Ireland primarily for the draft legislation published along with it , which is a reaction to the Cadbury Schweppes judgement of the ECJ that effectively ( but not formally ) held the UK’s controlled foreign legislation to be contrary to EU law. |
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| Ulster Bank targets the waste sector |
Issue: 01 / 2007 |
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| A Day in the Life: Stefano Vaiani, managing director, UniCredito Italiano Bank (Ireland) p.l.c. |
Issue: 11 / 2006 |
| Stefano Vaiani came back to Ireland in 2004, when he assumed the role of managing director of UniCredito Italiano Bank (Ireland) p.l.c. Although living in Dublin, he keeps in close contact with Italy via satellite tv, lunches with fellow Italian colleagues and traditions such as morning espresso and evening aperitif. |
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| A Dublin base does not limit opportunities |
Issue: 11 / 2006 |
| The key to being a successful actuary is having a good head for numbers and being able to explain tricky things simply, writes Brian Griffin, senior investment consultant with Mercer, who enjoys the variety of a job as an actuary. |
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| Achieving the 'gold standard' - Irish professionals rise to CFA challenge |
Issue: 11 / 2006 |
| As 45 Irish investment professionals are awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter, Bob Johnson and Joe Kavanagh speak to FINANCE about the benefits for both firms and individuals of the qualification described as the 'new MBA' by the Financial Times, and the 'gold standard' by The Economist. |
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