Goodbody says PTSB’s Ulster Bank deal can pave way for return of dividendsBank to buy €6.8bn of loans as UK-owned lender retreats from Irish marketTue Jan 25 2022 - 17:57
Irish funds services firm Carne to buy WTW unitDeal sees investment platform take ‘minority stake’ in Dublin firmTue Jan 25 2022 - 10:50
After its ‘near-death experience’, where does Unilever go from here?Joe Brennan: Behemoth has been struggling to grow its sales at same pace as rivalsFri Jan 21 2022 - 15:35
State’s stake in AIB Bank dips below 71%Government accelerating clawback of the bank’s crisis-era rescue billThu Jan 20 2022 - 15:03
Republic’s ‘shadow banking’ sector the fifth largest worldwideSector has tripled in size in past decade and now equates to nine times size of the economyThu Jan 20 2022 - 14:11
Corporate financier Liam Kiely leaves IBI within months of joiningCompany understood to be unaware he was facing trial on alleged fraud offencesThu Jan 20 2022 - 05:39
Donohoe criticised for not banning wage-supported firms from paying dividendsMinister says 402 employers had repaid all the EWSS supports they had receivedWed Jan 19 2022 - 19:50
EBS considers pulling back from savings products to focus on mortgagesAIB-owned unit is undertaking a strategic reviewWed Jan 19 2022 - 17:30
State no longer biggest Bank of Ireland shareholderTaxpayers eclipsed as largest holder for first time since financial crisisWed Jan 19 2022 - 12:40
AA Ireland’s 2020 takeover price revealed to be €256.6mDeal carried out at the level of a holding company above AA Ireland, called ErbiumWed Jan 19 2022 - 05:30
Ireland’s nine billionaires added €18bn to wealth during Covid, Oxfam saysCharity calls for special tax on ‘extreme wealth’ to help fund recovery from pandemicMon Jan 17 2022 - 17:55
AIB to hike charges on deposits with negative rates as ECB long-fingers rate tweaksBank’s move to affect customers with over €1m in savings from MayMon Jan 17 2022 - 13:34
Bosses more optimistic about global economy than any time in past decadeSome 77% of CEOs predict the global economy will improve this year, with only 15% expecting it to get worseMon Jan 17 2022 - 06:00
Builders predict ‘significant’ material hikes and problems in 2022Some 83% endured a rise in labour costs last year and most expect trend to continueMon Jan 17 2022 - 05:59
Ireland’s credit rating upgraded by DBRS on economic ‘resilience’Agency says State is well positioned against threatsFri Jan 14 2022 - 21:36
Will Covid go endemic? Wall Street is ready but the WHO is not so sureMarket Beat: Policy-makers face difficult choices as they track the path of the virusFri Jan 14 2022 - 21:00
AIB UK’s chief to leave after unit restructuringRobert Mulhall set to move into banking technology space after leaving AIBFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:16
NTMA raises €3.5bn in oversubscribed bond saleStrong demand from diverse investors for bonds, with order book exceeding €27bnThu Jan 13 2022 - 16:58
Crowdfunding faces regulation to protect investorsCentral Bank launches regime to bring sector within its regulatory graspThu Jan 13 2022 - 13:10
European shares rise on China economic stimulus hopesMarkets report: Cairn soars 7.2 per cent on pledge to return €95m to investors this yearWed Jan 12 2022 - 21:16
NTMA to sell €3 billion of 10-year bondsTransaction expected to be launched on ThursdayWed Jan 12 2022 - 12:48
Grafton raises 2021 profit forecast for second time in two monthsOwner of Woodies DIY now expects to post an operating profit of £276.3mWed Jan 12 2022 - 08:09
Irish mortgage approvals drop almost 5% in NovemberValue of loans rises marginally despite drop in number of approvalsWed Jan 12 2022 - 05:22
Yew Grove executive lands top role with property trust’s Canadian buyerCharles Peach to join Slate Office Reit as chief financial officer on completion of takeoverTue Jan 11 2022 - 20:31
Global economy faces ‘consistent volatility’ as Covid fuels inequalities, WEF warnsWEF defers Davos gathering planned for this month until summerTue Jan 11 2022 - 11:49
CCPC urged to impose conditions on PTSB purchase of Ulster Bank loan bookConsumer advocate warns Ulster Bank customers may become ‘prisoners’ of PTSBMon Jan 10 2022 - 20:45
Italian data firm buys 73% of Hire Purchase IrelandSale comes amid planned liquidation of HPI-linked Irish Credit BureauMon Jan 10 2022 - 15:39
Irish banking in 2022: retrenchment, reviews, retribution… and ratesStock investors bet retreat of Ulster Bank and KBC will give surviving banks a fighting chanceFri Dec 31 2021 - 10:16
The A to Z of financial markets in 2021Apple soared and Zoom slumped in a year that saw markets surge to record levelsFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:20
Philip Lee to hire more than 50 lawyers amid Dublin HQ moveJonathan Kelly predicts another strong year for M&A activity in the Republic next yearThu Dec 30 2021 - 05:45
FTSE 100 hits 22-month high as wider European stocks dipIseq All-Share Index rises 0.9% to 8,444.96 to reach highest level in more than six weeksWed Dec 29 2021 - 18:24
Goodbody lowers five-year equity returns estimateStockbroking firm sees equities delivering average 6.5% return per annum over five yearsWed Dec 29 2021 - 18:06
Uniphar and Kingspan lead Iseq winners in 2021 as Flutter and Ryanair diveUniphar’s gross profit surges 31% in the first half of the yearWed Dec 29 2021 - 17:20
United Oil & Gas expects ‘five out of five’ for Egyptian wellsCEO Brian Larkin says firm has ‘outstanding results’ with drilling campaign’Wed Dec 29 2021 - 16:13
Yew Grove shareholders back €127.8m sale to Canadian property groupA number of resolutions at egm on proposed deal passed by majority of about 90%Thu Dec 23 2021 - 15:17
PTSB and Ulster Bank seek competition clearance for €6.8bn loans dealTransformational deal would increase PTSB’s loan book by almost 50%Thu Dec 23 2021 - 10:38
Surging equities wipe out Iseq companies’ €1bn pension deficitGlobal shares have risen by 22% so far this yearWed Dec 22 2021 - 15:13
Ardagh reportedly eyeing sale of food cans joint ventureCitigroup and Evercore hired to manage disposal of Trivium PackagingTue Dec 21 2021 - 18:59
State to sell part of its stake in AIB over next six monthsAnalysts estimate State’s stake could fall to as low as 68% by middle of 2022Tue Dec 21 2021 - 17:12
NTMA picks Frank O’Connor as next chief executiveIncoming chief is agency’s head of funding and debt managementTue Dec 21 2021 - 15:16
Anne Heraty steps down from CPL in wake of €110m sale windfallLongford woman co-founded recruitment firm bought by OutsourcingTue Dec 21 2021 - 06:07
Goodbody poised to become primary dealer in government bondsNew hires will see stockbroker taking advantage of rival Davy’s exit from the businessTue Dec 21 2021 - 06:00
NTMA CEO race sees O’Connor and Carville face off in final line-upDecision expected imminently on successor to Conor O’KellyMon Dec 20 2021 - 06:23
Credit unions lobby for co-lending amid Government reviewSubmission proposes that the sector be able to lend in groups on larger transactionsMon Dec 20 2021 - 05:30
Siobhán Quinlan plans almost 670 apartments in Dublin suburbsSeen & Heard: US businessman David McCourt owns under 3% of National Broadband IrelandSun Dec 19 2021 - 12:58
Fexco slid into €48m loss in 2020 as Covid hit foreign exchangeFinancial services company said it returned operating profit in fourth quarter this yearSat Dec 18 2021 - 05:31
Joe Brennan: NatWest and Irish taxpayers will be joined at the hip in PTSBIrish lender needs €400m of fresh capital to support its purchase of Ulster Bank loansFri Dec 17 2021 - 15:47
Turning Datalex around: ‘It’s a privilege to have to clean up somebody else’s mess’Sean Corkery jumped at the chance to lead the aviation software firm out of troubleFri Dec 17 2021 - 12:00
NatWest set to take 16.7% of PTSB in Ulster Bank loan sale dealPTSB to acquire about €6.8bn of mortgages and business loans from exiting Ulster BankFri Dec 17 2021 - 08:28
JP Morgan’s Ireland head Carin Bryans to step down next yearBryans will be succeeded by Marc Hussey, who is returning to the companyThu Dec 16 2021 - 18:44
