| Business coaching: how it can help you |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| In this article Evelyn P.Gilmore and Mike O’Halloran outline the client-centered coaching, discuss recent developments within the field in Ireland and give examples of how coaching can help managers and executives achieve their goals. |
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| Corporate valuations to increase |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| Almost three quarters of senior management of privately owned businesses expect corporate valuations to increase over the coming year, which is good news for the 29 per cent who expect to participate in merger & acquisition activity over the next three years. |
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| Corporates move up the value chain and focus on skills led operations |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| With Ireland no longer a competitive location for manufacturing facilities, in order to keep up levels of foreign direct investment (FDI), companies are moving up the value chain through the establishment of skills led operations alongside their existing facilities, writes Jim Dennehy. Though there is still value for manufacturing operations here, the country is undergoing a transition, he says, from an export-oriented manufacturing base to a ‘high value added research and development’ focused European hub. |
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| Demand for accountancy professionals is greatest |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| Within the financial services sector and particularly within the IFSC, the demand for traditional accounting and the more specialised finance staff, outstrips every other segment of the employment market, write Brian Fowler and Anne Quinn. |
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| EU Takeovers Directive - its scope and impact |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| The stated aim of the Takeovers Directive is to strengthen the Single Market in financial services by facilitating cross-border restructuring and enhancing minority shareholder protection. Abigail St. John Kennedy outlines the scope of the Directive and the implications for those affected. |
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| FGS jumps up the ranks |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| Farrell Grant Sparks, the Dublin accountancy firm, has merged with Northern Ireland’s McClure Watters, and Longford based Lyons Keenan Kilemade, to create the sixth largest practice in the country, with 20 partners and 200 staff. |
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| Filling the skills gap - new ways of attracting and retaining professionals |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| A lack of qualified professionals in certain sectors is leading to companies seeking out new ways of attracting and retaining staff. Trips to Eastern Europe, mortgage allowances, training programmes and referral fees are all being used by international financial services companies to hire candidates and fill their skill gaps. |
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| FinanceJobs.ie to be launched |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| FINANCE magazine is launching Ireland’s first careers and jobs website for the financial services sector, www.financejobs.ie in October. |
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| Financing for Limerick by-pass arranged |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| The group of companies behind the new Limerick city by-pass, have raised €241 million. The funds will be used to for the design, construction and maintenance of an approximate 10 kilometre tolled dual carriageway bypass to the south west of the city of Limerick, pursuant to a 35 year Public Private Partnership (PPP) project agreement. |
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| How to move jobs - and negotiate the salary you deserve |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| Paul Cotter examines the options for those professionals considering changing jobs, and advises on how can you position yourself as an exceptional candidate and negotiate the salary you deserve. |
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| Implementing a benefits package to attract and retain staff |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| Increasing competition for financial services professionals means that companies have to up their game when it comes to offering benefits. Barbara Donnellan examines what’s on offer for prospective candidates. |
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| JV for BOI |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| Bank of Ireland Group (BOI) has established a joint venture with Paul Capital Partners (PCP), a US private equity specialist, to provide private equity fund of funds products and advisory services to institutional and other investors worldwide. |
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| Maturity mismatch- the new approach to liquidity management in Ireland |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| The Financial Regulator has unveiled the new liquidity framework that will apply to Irish institutions from 2007. The new framework provides clear evidence of how dialogue between the financial services industry and the Financial Regulator can result in a solution agreeable to all parties, writes Debra Mc Carthy. |
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| New recruitment firm |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| Michael Page International, one of the world’s largest professional recruitment consultancies, is to open an office in Dublin in October, its first Irish operation. Michael Page already recruits for the Irish market via its UK offices. |
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| People on the Move |
Issue: 09 / 2006 |
| New CFO at Bord Gais; Dempsey moves to Bloxham; New head at BOI Corporate; Marshall joins National Irish Bank; Regulatory approval for new marketing director at Hibernian; Deloitte appoints director of regulation & compliance. |
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