| When is a domestic fund not a domestic fund? |
Issue: 02 / 2006 |
| Emilio Gonzalez, chief investment officer of Perpetual Investments Australia, was in Dublin recently where he gave a presentation to the Society of Investment Analysts on Perpetual’s innovative approach to expanding the investment opportunity set for their domestic equity managers. Fiona Reddan reports from the seminar. |
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| A Day in the Life: Liam Boggan, head of research for Merrion Stockbrokers |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| As head of research for Merrion Stockbrokers, Liam Boggan’s day starts very early, as he aims to get the firm’s Morning Note out by 8 o’clock each morning. As a former head of sales with another broker, Boggan prioritises ensuring that the firm’s research output meets the demands of investors, and spends part of his day discussing issues with clients. |
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| Asset allocation in 2006 |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| This month's editorial looks at asset allocation. |
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| Auditing board issues ‘most significant ever’ bulletin |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| The Auditing Practices Board (APB) has published its first bulletin of 2006, a report which the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has described as among the board’s ‘most significant ever’. |
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| Co-operative compliance |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| The Revenue Commissioners have published a document on Co-Operative Compliance and issued it to some large taxpayers. It is copied from a campaign launched by the Australian Revenue. Like the Australian model, the Irish document is a mixture of good sense and potential dangers. |
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| Commission to focus on retail market integration until 2010 |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| The European Commission’s White Paper on Financial Services Policy 2005 – 2010, identifies retail market integration as being the focal point of the Commission’s approach, writes Brian Binchy, which will see the following being discussed - the development of a lead supervisor, the discussion around the 26th Regime, the greater inclusion of consumer organisations in policy preparation and the EU approach at global level to regulatory dialogue. |
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| FINANCE Survey: equity favourites for 2006 |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| The Irish stock market will continue its recent tremendous growth, and is set for double-digit growth in 2006, say Ireland’s leading stockbroking analysts, as voted in the 2005 FINANCE Stockbroking Survey. |
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| Financial services employees to get the highest salary increases in 2006 |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| Salaries in the financial services sector are projected to grow the most in 2006, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ latest Snapshot Survey on salary trends. |
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| First CMBS deal for Ireland |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| Real Estate Opportunities Limited (REO), a Treasury Holdings group property investment company, has transacted Ireland’s first commercial mortgage backed securitisation (CMBS) to be entirely secured by Irish real estate assets. |
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| Hello 2006 |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| The issues in taxation in 2006 will include EU moves at tax harmonisation by the back door, growing concerns about an expanding black economy, judgements from the European Court of Justice of particular significance to Ireland, and an increasing awareness of the dangers to our prosperity of ill-informed comments in the domestic media; and we may also expect what the late Harold Macmillan referred to as “events” ie the unexpected. |
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| Insights into the stock market from Ireland’s top analysts |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| Ireland's leading stockbroking analysts, as voted by over 1,000 fund managers in the most recent FINANCE Stockbroking Survey, give an overview of what the coming year may hold for companies in the sectors they cover, and which companies are the ones to watch in 2006. Their forcasts, which were written in early January, indicate that the tremendous growth experienced in the Irish stock market over the past few years, is set to continue. |
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| Insurers turn to securitisation for financing and risk transfer |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| Europe is witnessing steady growth in the development of securitisation as a tool for financing and risk transfer, within the life insurance industry in Europe. A number of transactions have come to the market in recent years and according to Standard & Poor’s, further growth is expected in the number, type, and sophistication of transactions in the years to come, Fiona Reddan reports. |
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| ISE welcomes a record number of new members in 2005 |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| A record seven new participants joined the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) as members in 2005. |
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| New appointments: Hayes takes over at BOI |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| Tom Hayes has been appointed as chief executive of Bank of Ireland’s corporate banking division. Other notable new appointments include Brendan O’Hora as new retail marketing head at Ulster Bank and Andrew Glover, group treasury manager at Dublin Airport Authority plc, has been appointed president of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers (IACT) |
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| Private equity as an asset class for pensions |
Issue: 01 / 2006 |
| In 2005 the National Pension Reserve Fund made its first allocation to private equity. Paul Droop examines the options for pension funds who are interested in allocating to this asset class, and says that those prepared to accept the uncertain cashflows will potentially be rewarded with enhanced diversification and a wider source of potential returns, both of which are increasingly important. |
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