Central Bank engaged ‘extensively’ with BlackBee Investments before liquidation moveRegulator ordered BlackBee last December not to make any payments from third party client asset accounts without the prior approvalTue May 09 2023 - 09:54
Bank of Ireland starts €125m share buybackPlan was announced in March and follows €50m share repurchase last yearTue May 09 2023 - 07:32
European shares advance on solid earnings and as investors digest ECB increaseIseq All Share index ends session up 1.3%Fri May 05 2023 - 17:59
Joe Brennan: Ires investors wrestle with reits and wrongs of sale after testy agmLevel of dissent heaps pressure on the company as it comes under siege from activist shareholder Vision CapitalFri May 05 2023 - 15:27
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervision Authority fines accountants over BDO audit of reinsurerRegulator has now fined eight individuals since taking direct responsibility for inspecting audits of public interest entitiesFri May 05 2023 - 15:18
CRH chief Manifold joins Mercury Engineering boardContract with the building material giant due to come to an end next yearThu May 04 2023 - 16:12
Ires directors ride out revolt as dissident investor vows to pursue egmShareholders’ rejection of company pay policy seen as embarrassing for IresThu May 04 2023 - 13:58
Datalex hails aviation recovery after losses more than doubled in 2022 to €10.3mResults come ahead of investor and analyst presentations next week as group looks to refinance high interest loansThu May 04 2023 - 08:10
AIB upgrades forecasts after ‘very strong’ first quarterGovernment has continued to lower its stake in the bank this year, reducing it to 53.4% last weekThu May 04 2023 - 07:42
Bank of Ireland’s new mortgage lending more than doubles in first quarterBut bank saw decline in UK and international corporate lending during the periodWed May 03 2023 - 07:39
Ires says revenues grew 4.9% in first quarter ahead of agm showdownActivist investor Vision Capital has been waging an open battle against Ires for the past three weeks, after Ires resisted its calls to put itself up for saleWed May 03 2023 - 07:21
European shares fall to one-month low as oil stocks slide, Pearson plummetsTraders look to interest rate decisions later this weekTue May 02 2023 - 18:41
Digicel bondholders to grant up to $100m bridging loan amid restructuringInvestors due to have been repaid on March 1st agree further 30-day grace period with troubled firmTue May 02 2023 - 18:26
Permanent TSB’s interest income jumps 86% on Ulster Bank deal and rising ratesPTSB expects mortgage market to grow 3% this year to €14.5 billionTue May 02 2023 - 07:39
Activist that shook up Aryzta took bread out of the oven way too soonVeraison Capital more interested in deep restructuring and refocusing of business that had long lost its waySat Apr 29 2023 - 05:30
European shares advance on strong corporate earnings Iseq creeps up with Smurfit jumping 4.7%Fri Apr 28 2023 - 18:09
Smurfit Kappa in mediation over contested Colombia landCampaigners claiming indigenous communities in Colombia have historic right to Smurfit Kappa land target agm for second year as mediation gets under wayFri Apr 28 2023 - 12:14
Ulster Bank deposits fall to €2bn amid ‘big switch’UK-owned lender recently began to lay the ground for the gradual repatriation of more than €4 billion of capital to its parent, NatWestFri Apr 28 2023 - 07:24
CRH now ‘de facto American’ even as base remains in Dublin, says chiefUp to 75% of group profits come from North America and group wants to tap ‘golden age of construction’ in USThu Apr 27 2023 - 15:57
Former auditors of Wirecard’s Irish unit fined and reprimandedSanctions come less than a month after wider Widercard group’s one-time auditors were fined by German authoritiesThu Apr 27 2023 - 11:08
Dublin-based Bank of America Europe’s earnings drop amid loan loss chargeFirm sets aside $106 million to cover potential soured loansThu Apr 27 2023 - 00:01
Jet lessors likely ‘face two year wait’ for insurance cash on planes in RussiaDublin-based lessors seeking insurance payments for planes stranded in Russia amid Ukraine warWed Apr 26 2023 - 16:35
Ratings agency warns on economic price of Irish housing shortages Cost of materials also highlightedWed Apr 26 2023 - 10:58
CRH says investor backing for US listing ‘strong’ as earnings riseGroup sales rose by 7% despite small decline in European revenuesWed Apr 26 2023 - 07:38
Ires Reit founder Capreit joins forces with activist investor Re-election of chief executive Margaret Sweeney to be contestedTue Apr 25 2023 - 18:48
Businessman’s case against Davy and 16 former employees to be settled, court hearsSettlement understood to include Patrick Kearney receiving about €2 million, without any liability being admittedTue Apr 25 2023 - 14:14
State’s holding in AIB to fall to 53.4% after €215.3m share buybackBank also to pay the State €88.6 million via a dividendTue Apr 25 2023 - 07:40
Irish bank with most exposure to Russia plunges to over €166m lossIntesa Sanpaolo Bank Ireland alone among 17 banks licensed in State to report material exposures to Russia in most recent sets of annual accountsTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:21
Ires Reit activist calls for halt to asset sales as ‘crown jewels’ on marketVision Capital publishes second open letter to shareholders in as many weeksMon Apr 24 2023 - 15:53
Ires Reit board secures backing from investor advisory firms amid stand-off against activistInstitutional Shareholder Services indicates insufficient evidence ‘that the board has been a poor steward of capital’Sat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Netflix’s prospects hinges on stopping multiple viewers using shared passwordsJoe Brennan: The streamer seems reluctant to change parts of its model, such as dropping all episodes of a series at onceFri Apr 21 2023 - 15:40
Allianz Ireland takes €154m paper hit on investments amid rising ratesSolvency reserves fall as insurers taking a hit on large bond holdings though that will likely reverse as they are held to maturityFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
Ulster Bank lays ground for €4bn transfer to UK as branches closeTransfers will require Central Bank approval as bank closes its last 63 branches and is expected to announce further redundanciesFri Apr 21 2023 - 05:00
Low Irish deposit rates ‘subsidising’ mortgage holders, Makhlouf saysFinance officials confirm PwC paid €54m settlement for Quinn Insurance audit caseThu Apr 20 2023 - 12:31
Grafton investors urged to reject new chief executive’s pay premium DIY retailer and building materials distributor completes £93.3m share buyback programmeWed Apr 19 2023 - 17:06
Irish Life spins out units overseeing €14bn of assets into new wealth companyUnio aims to grow the level of assets under advice to €20 billion by 2027Wed Apr 19 2023 - 07:36
Insurers pay €217m on Covid business interruption as FBD ruling awaitedFBD may receive ruling that could impact outstanding claims this monthWed Apr 19 2023 - 05:00
AIB’s Haven and EBS to increase selected variable mortgage ratesIrish banks continue to trail European peers in passing on ECB rate hikesTue Apr 18 2023 - 14:26
Datalex facing race to repay Dermot Desmond’s costly loansTravel software firm may need to raise €25m to clear billionaire's loanSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
AIB app and internet banking hit by temporary outageBank said services were out for about two hours on FridayFri Apr 14 2023 - 18:38
More than 60,000 main Ulster and KBC current accounts still open last monthAbout 85 per cent of accounts open at start of last year closed or inactive at the end of MarchFri Apr 14 2023 - 11:25
KKR-led group makes over €1.75bn by selling down almost entire Flutter stakeInvestor group, known as Fastball Holdings, is believed to retain a stake worth less than €74mFri Apr 14 2023 - 05:11
Sinn Féin’s high-wire act: courting big business and those ‘left behind’‘Nobody who wants to see a radical program by Sinn Féin wants business to be punished. They need to have a job’ - Pearse DohertyFri Apr 14 2023 - 05:00
EY Ireland continuing to hire as its UK firm warns of cuts‘Another year of record growth’ is being eyed in Ireland, a spokeswoman saidFri Apr 14 2023 - 04:32
Digicel seeks extended grace-period on overdue debt amid wider financial restructuring Digicel already received 45 days of grace on the debt pile and is set to be granted another extensionThu Apr 13 2023 - 17:40
ISS gives Kingspan CEO ‘qualified support’ ahead of Grenfell reportShareholder advisor had previously directed investors to abstain on Gene Murtagh’s re-election to the boardThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
European blue-chip stocks hit 22-year high amid signs of cooling US inflationInvestors bet US Federal Reserve could pause rate hikesWed Apr 12 2023 - 18:24
Ires investor targets directors and pushes for group to be put up for saleActivist investor Vision Capital Corporation holds 5 per cent stake in state’s biggest private landlordWed Apr 12 2023 - 18:01
VHI surplus almost halves on claims rise and investment lossesHealth insurer reports €34.3m surplus for 2022 alongside €18.6m loss on bond-heavy investment portfolioWed Apr 12 2023 - 13:09
Some 35,000 KBC mortgage borrowers hit by data error after transfer to Bank of IrelandError has resulted in the lender not filing monthly loan performance updates to the Central Credit RegisterTue Apr 11 2023 - 11:14
