Finance Magazine - February 2006 Issue
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Comit rebrands
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. |
Life assurance reporting – the more the merrier?
The collapse of the Equitable Life in the UK, and the resulting Penrose Report, have resulted in the introduction of a new accounting stardard for life assurers – FRS 27. The overall impact of FRS 27 for Irish companies at first appears benign, writes Glenn Gillard, with little impact on reported profit. However, the disclosure detail required presents a far more significant challenge, he adds, which requires significant work by preparers of life assurance company financial statements to obtain and analyse information. |
‘Adopting the FSAP was the easy part’
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. |
The lights come on for MiFID – implementation process commences
The incoming regime for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) has become noticeably more defined in recent weeks with the publication of the formal draft implementing measures on February 6th, writes Brian Binchy. |
When is a domestic fund not a domestic fund?
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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