| Who’s Who in finance |
Issue: 03 / 2006 |
| Mark Ryan is currently country managing director of Accenture. He joined Accenture in 1982. Ryan was promoted to manager in 1987, associate partner in 1991 and partner in 1996. He became head of financial services practice in 1999 and was made managing director of Accenture Ireland in September 2005. |
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| Who's who: Ciaran Kane: Head of Treasury, Barclays Bank Ireland plc |
Issue: 03 / 2006 |
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| ‘Adopting the FSAP was the easy part’ |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| The capacity attendance and seniority of attendees at the seminar on MiFID implementation organised by the Irish Bankers Federation and The Institute of Bankers in Ireland, and held in the Institute of Bankers Conference Centre on 23 January, confirmed that MiFID has now come to the forefront for business decision makers and those following regulatory development. |
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| Comit rebrands |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| Comit Ireland, a developer of operational risk software for the global financial services sector, has rebranded as Ci3, after the firm resumed 100 per cent control from minority stakeholder Comit Gruppe/Swisscom. |
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| Conference Programme |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| The programme for the 7th Annual Finance Dublin Conference 2006 has been published, and features a wide range of top level international speakers such as Charlie McCreevy, internal markets commissioner, European Commission, Patrick Neary, chief executive, Financial Regulator, Gay Huey Evans, president, Tribeca Global Management and Guido Ravoet, secretary general, European Banking Federation. |
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| Copulas as a risk management tool |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| One of the most interesting new ideas to enter finance in recent years is the copula. Copulas are widely used in financial engineering to value credit-linked products and manage credit risk, and the growth in the collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) market has led to an increase in their use. In this article, Finbarr Murphy and Dr. Bernard Murphy give an introduction to how they are used. |
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| Day in the Life: Richard Dunn head of equity strategy with Oppenheim Investment Managers |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| Richard Dunn, head of equity strategy with Oppenheim Investment Managers, devours daily the latest reports from the financial media, as his role directing the €1.7 billion fund manager’s equity portfolio involves keeping up to date on stock movements all over the world. |
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| Draft MiFID Directive is published |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| On February 2nd, the European Commission presented its formal drafts, or ‘Level 2’ measures, to the European Parliament and the European Securities Committee (ESC) for a series of technical measures implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). |
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| Financiers bullish on prospects for sector post Finance Bill 2006 |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| The proposed provisions to improve the tax incentive scheme for film making in Ireland, announced in the Finance Bill, have been welcomed as a necessary boost to the film production industry, and should allow it to compete for larger ‘blockbuster’ type movies once more. |
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| Five per cent increase in pay levels forecast for international financial services companies |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| Salaries in Ireland’s international financial services firms are set to continue to increase, according to Mercer’s International Financial Services Remuneration Guide (IFSRG) 2006, with remuneration increases driven by incentives and commissions writes Mary McDermott of Mercer. |
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| Focus on investment |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| In this issue we examine a number of trends in investment management. On page 5, we report on a very innovative approach Perpetual Investments Australia, (which opened an Irish operation in 2004), is taking with its domestic fund strategy. |
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| Follow the cash |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| It has become common to use a company to carry on business, or to make an investment. The use of a company has tax advantages. But the private shareholder often has not reckoned with the legal difficulties of subsequently attempting to take advantage of the company’s cash and assets. Extracting cash can have high tax costs writes Brian Daly of KPMG. |
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| Government to raise €2.5 billion for housing |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| The Housing Finance Agency plc (HFA), a limited company that falls under the umbrella of the Ministry of the Environment and Local Government, and is wholly owned by the Minister of Finance, is to raise €2.5 billion through a Euro commercial paper (ECP) programme. |
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| How to access a multitude of managers through one fund |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| Multi-manager funds are growing in popularity amongst institutional investors, as they allow easy access to a diverse range of specialist fund managers under a single fund structure. Now retail investors can also access such funds, through the AIB Multi-manager Managed Fund. James Leen outlines the features and benefits of the fund. |
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| IAASA gets its powers |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| The Minister for Trade and Commerce, Michael Ahern, has granted significant powers to the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA), to oversee how recognised accountancy bodies regulate their members. |
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