US vulture funds lobbied Government over proposed tax changesOaktree Capital, CarVal and Kennedy Wilson among those canvassing NoonanSat Jan 21 2017 - 05:00
Amarin to sell $30m of debt that can be switched into equityBiopharma company saw product sales rise 50% last year on back of heart drug successFri Jan 20 2017 - 18:15
Gallagher family’s stake in housebuilder Abbey tops 81%Gallaghers launched takeover bid for Abbey in 2012 as shareholding breached 50%Fri Jan 20 2017 - 17:58
Merrion urges clients to sell down Irish equities before slew of resultsInvestors in US and European equity funds have been pulling money after Trump rallyFri Jan 20 2017 - 14:01
Smurfit Kappa shares rise on price hike planPackaging group is latest European player to raise cost of recycled containerboardFri Jan 20 2017 - 09:11
Ardagh moves to refinance $1.3bn of debt as IPO plannedGlass and metal containers maker refinanced billions of euro of debt in 2016Thu Jan 19 2017 - 12:59
Citigroup chief highlights Irish hub amid Brexit contingency plansBank previously denied reports it could move 900 jobs to Dublin after UK exits EUThu Jan 19 2017 - 10:56
Ireland tops European distressed debt sales league in 2016US private equity firm Cerberus leads list of buyers for third year in a row, report saysThu Jan 19 2017 - 06:20
Sterling falls as investors take second look at May’s speechSterling drops 0.6% against euro to 86.8p, giving away some of its 2% gain from TuesdayWed Jan 18 2017 - 20:38
Permanent TSB chief operating officer Toby Clements quitsBank plans shake-up of executive committee responsible for day-to-day managementWed Jan 18 2017 - 17:00
AIB likely to pay €285 million says GoodbodySmall shareholders and institutional investors would have to share €570,000Wed Jan 18 2017 - 10:46
Sterling rallies as market digests Theresa May’s Brexit speechUK prime minister seeks ‘bold and ambitious’ free-trade agreement with EUTue Jan 17 2017 - 19:32
European shares fall as currency movements dominateTrump’s dollar ‘too strong’ remark puzzles traders as sterling rallies on May’s speechTue Jan 17 2017 - 18:50
Smurfit Kappa sells €500m of bonds to refinance borrowingsPaper and packaging group’s new bonds priced to carry interest rate of almost 2.37%Tue Jan 17 2017 - 17:20
Hong Kong family backs Central Bank building buyPeterson Group are co-buyers of Dame Street landmark and former INBS headquartersTue Jan 17 2017 - 16:37
Central Bank considers introducing application fees for fundsRegulator weighs fees amid expectations of post-Brexit funds influxTue Jan 17 2017 - 16:01
Irish Stock Exchange equities turnover rose 6.3% in 2016Iseq index fell 4 per cent last year in first annual decline since 2010 troika bailoutTue Jan 17 2017 - 10:38
Irish importers buying sterling in bet that currency has bottomedRenewed weakness of pound in advance of Theresa May speech seen to be short-livedMon Jan 16 2017 - 18:24
Mozambique to miss $60m payment on Irish-listed bondAfrican nation grappling with a slump in commodities-based revenues as IMF aid cutMon Jan 16 2017 - 15:52
Investors back €751m takeover of Fyffes by SumitomoShareholders approve deal as demonstrators protest over Latin American workers’ plightMon Jan 16 2017 - 10:32
London-based activist investor increases stake in IFGStrategic Equity Capital raises holding in financial services firm to 6.12 per centSat Jan 14 2017 - 05:51
Fitch leaves Irish rating untouched, warns of Brexit riskRating agency says while economy and finances are rapidly improving, Brexit risks and global policies on tax remainFri Jan 13 2017 - 21:30
BoI chief Richie Boucher joins board of Greek lenderEurobank Ergasias was rescued by Wilbur Ross three years after he invested in BoIFri Jan 13 2017 - 17:50
AIB makes it back to investment grade for first time since 2010S&P says its view on Irish banks has improved as a result of rebounding economyFri Jan 13 2017 - 17:28
Irish SPVs more a worry for other countries than State - academicSuch ‘shadow banking’ houses more than €700bn in Republic aloneFri Jan 13 2017 - 11:32
Aidan Heavey ends tenure at Tullow Oil not quite on a highTough two years takes some sparkle off what would have been a stellar careerWed Jan 11 2017 - 15:59
Irish banks to see their loan books grow in 2017, says US brokerAnalyst with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods predicts loan growth exceeding 5% by 2019Wed Jan 11 2017 - 11:36
Wealth manager Cantor Fitzgerald’s Irish profits drop 90% in 2015Figures for 2014 included €4.58m one-off payment from Irish Stock ExchangeWed Jan 11 2017 - 11:00
Tullow chief Aidan Heavey to step down in AprilOil explorer announces leadership handover to Paul McDade after three decadesWed Jan 11 2017 - 07:09
Iseq may have surge in Reits after ‘vulture funds’ tax clampdownThree real-estate investment trusts have floated on Dublin’s stock market since 2013Wed Jan 11 2017 - 06:56
S&P warns of risks in ‘crowded’ European elections yearUnexpected political outcomes may weigh on ratings but support for euro zone ‘firm’Tue Jan 10 2017 - 16:37
Sterling drops as May signals UK heading for ‘hard Brexit’Talk of ‘hard Brexit’ leads to a decline in the pound as European shares edge lowerTue Jan 10 2017 - 06:23
Merrion's €200,000 minimum investment for wealth clientsInvestment firms grapple with rising regulatory costsTue Jan 10 2017 - 05:00
‘Vulture funds’ unwilling to opt for return of less than 20%Private equity firms and hedge funds had smelt blood in 2010 as State entered bailoutMon Jan 09 2017 - 19:34
Tullow Oil sells Uganda project stake for $900mIrish oil company to write off €400 million of its investment in project in 2016 resultsMon Jan 09 2017 - 17:41
Ex-UDG boss tapped by New York private equity firmLiam Fitzgerald to work out of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s London officeMon Jan 09 2017 - 14:28
NTMA to hold bond auctions in February and MarchDebt agency publishes first-quarter auction schedule after sale of €4bn, 20-year bondMon Jan 09 2017 - 10:23
Canada’s CIBC plans international banking business in DublinToronto-based lender made informal approach to buy AIB stake at start of crisisSat Jan 07 2017 - 06:00
Apple faces massive interest bill as Irish transfer nearsNTMA understood to be involved in effort to recover Apple taxesFri Jan 06 2017 - 19:59
Record tax take likely to add to public pay deal pressureExchequer figures shows State raises €4bn with bonds and unemployment dropsThu Jan 05 2017 - 06:50
Exchequer returns beat deficit target by €430mTotal tax take of €47.9 billion surpasses previous peak achieved in 2007Wed Jan 04 2017 - 19:14
State debt agency sells target-beating €4bn in bondsNTMA plans to raise between €9bn and €13bn of debt this yearWed Jan 04 2017 - 12:44
Top 2017 stocks: Investec upgrades CPL shares to ‘buy’Dalata, ICG, Bank of Ireland and CRH also make analysts’ list of preferred stocksWed Jan 04 2017 - 10:30
Bull market for European stocks, as 2017 Iseq trading opensInvestors welcome rise in US manufactoring and German inflation figuresTue Jan 03 2017 - 18:54
NTMA plans to raise up to €3bn from 20-year bond saleState debt agency sticks to recent form of selling bonds early in JanuaryTue Jan 03 2017 - 15:57
Irish bonds fall as market eyes major euro bond saleNTMA has been among the first euro zone issuers in early January in recent yearsTue Jan 03 2017 - 15:53
Paddy Power, DCC, Kingspan top Davy ‘conviction’ list for 2017Dalata, Ryanair also among top share picks at Davy alongside Dutch-based DSM and Danish group DSVTue Jan 03 2017 - 15:17
Banks will be more aggressive towards defaulters, says InvestecOther banks set to follow after AIB files 1,200 summary judgments in 2016, up from 860Tue Jan 03 2017 - 14:48
Iseq nears 12-month high as FTSE kicks off 2017 on a record highMarkets back to business after holiday seasonTue Jan 03 2017 - 09:22
Markets may see another rollercoaster year in 2017While Trump still looms large, a lot of the political risk will be closer to homeSat Dec 31 2016 - 07:00
