Francesco Ceccato, Barclays Europe’s CEO: On deals, regulation and choosing Dublin
Brexit prompted Barclays to chose Republic as its EU base
Goodbody appoints Finbarr Griffin as corporate advisory head
Former head of corporate finance with stockbroker takes charge of team of 30
Eir planning to sell almost half of Irish fibre network
Financial advisory firm Lazard engaged to advise on possible transaction
Eir’s owner Xavier Niel looks to take his business private
French telecoms billionaire launches offer to buy out his €11bn Iliad telecoms empire
The future may be bright for solar power in Ireland despite ‘slow start’
Irish Solar Energy Association chairman is bullish about sector’s potential
George Osborne drops portfolio career to become full-time banker
Former UK chancellor is joining boutique advisory firm Robey Warshaw as a full-time mergers and acquisitions banker
Burlington Real Estate lands new tenant for Dublin 4 offices
ACG Aircraft Leasing signs 15-year lease at the Lumen building on Baggot Street
Pizza Express to close 73 restaurants, cutting up to 1,100 jobs
Company said it is trying to stay afloat in wake of coronavirus shutdown
How Argentina and its creditors thrashed out a $65bn deal
Country has had 9 sovereign defaults since independence in 1816
Will the coronavirus crisis rehabilitate the world’s banks?
‘We are the doctors of the economy,’ says one bank boss
Grade A office space on Baggot Street seeking €48 to €55 per sq ft
Strong occupier appetite for Lumen Building saw three pre-lettings prior to its completion
Global stocks sell off as economic fears mount
Weak US data combines with Brexit and other concerns to knock markets
Fashion retailer Forever 21 files for bankruptcy
Business joins growing list of offline retailers struggling to compete with digital rivals
How the €145.6m Mediahuis deal for INM was done
Belgian company bought newspaper group for little more than price of a long-range private jet
INM hires US investment bank Lazard for sale advice
Seen & Heard: Arytza eyes sale, Punchestown boost, ECB view sought on Sinn Féin Bill
Interserve shares sink as it battles to avoid Carillion’s fate
Danish outsourcer ISS also announces plans to cut 20% of workforce and quit 13 markets
General Electric’s deal-making abilities called into question
Conglomerate has paid more than $6 billion to Wall Street banks as market value collapses by 80%
US court to hear Smyths Toys ‘Project Elf’ plan for Europe
Smyths will initially pay just €64 million for 93 central European stores, documents show
European rally evaporates in mid-session
Total Produce climbs 6.4% on foot of its €242 million deal to buy a stake in Dole Food Company
Fonts vs emojis: a battle giving investors a sad face
Owner of Times New Roman branches into emojis and not everybody is smiling
Fyffes takeover triggers €32m fees and bonus bonanza
Tropical fruits distributor was acquired by Japan’s Sumitomo this year for €751m
The $143bn flop: How Warren Buffett and 3G lost Unilever
The story behind the failure of Kraft Heinz to win over the Anglo-Dutch giant
Nama feared losing offer for Project Eagle, PAC hears
Patrick Long of Lazard says auction succeeded as Cerberus paid best price available
Former Nama employee is likely to face charges
Garda intensifies investigation into the agency following Enda Farrell case
Nama head advised firm to drop ‘fee’ in North deal
C&AG report contains calls between former Nama official Hanna and Pimco
National Asset Management Agency ‘categorically’ rejects report’s conclusions
Nama says Comptroller and Auditor General Séamus McCarthy used wrong calculations
Frank Daly: Nama is right and the C&AG is wrong
State watchdog has no expertise in valuing loans and does not live in a commercial world
Gannett seeks Tribune shareholder support for takeover bid
‘USA Today’ publisher aims to gain bigger regional newspapers such as ‘LA Times’
Paul Krugman: Time to save the planet
We are now achingly close to achieving a renewable-energy revolution
Cheaper batteries spark new energy options
Emergence of electricity storage at viable cost could see it become back-up to renewables
Nama spent €9m on Project Eagle consultants
Dáil correspondence reveals agency’s spending during sale of North loan portfolio
Wallace: Nama role in seeing Cerberus earmarked for project
Taoiseach says TD has duty to bring allegations before Public Accounts Committee
Time has come for Nama’s critics to put up or shut up
Claims about the agency’s conduct have not been supported by any evidence
Nama accuses Wallace of ‘misrepresenting facts’ in NI controversy
Chairman Frank Daly denies Nama accepted less than it could have for Project Eagle loans
Worldpay’s Philip Jansen to receive £50m from flotation
IPO set to be one of the largest in UK for four years, and will benefit all employees
Questions arise over UK government selling King’s Cross stake
Company in charge of the new sale, Lazard, was behind criticised Royal Mail flotation
Starwood Hotels and IHG discuss link-up in early stage talks
An InterContinental Hotels and Starwood union would create world’s largest hotel group
Italy aims to raise €4bn with flotation of post office
Sale of 40% stake the start of €12bn privatisation programme
How does a Nama sale normally work?
Cerberus’s €1.6bn Project Eagle bid selected ‘on the advice of Lazard’, Nama says
Bad blood lingers in Dublin financial circles over Bloxham dissolution
Fallout continues from implosion in 2012 of State’s then third-largest stockbroker
Government has put out tender for adviser on AIB
Michael Noonan says AIB back in profit and has passed European Central Bank’s stress tests
Investors seek maniacs with unrealistic visions
Meet the Irish-born venture capitalists flying home for the event
Nine bids reveal keen interest in Quinn Glass
Bidders expected to invest further in glass manufacturing facilities
Bidding for former Quinn Glass heats up as it enters second round
Encirc employs 1,000 people and has annual revenues of more than €300m
Large green power plants competing with gas, says Lazard
Costs fall and efficiency rises for solar panels and wind turbines in parts of US, bank finds
Private equity eyes drug brands purchase
Older drug brands from GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi among those being targeted
$25 billion tobacco merger promises to shake up industry
Reynolds American is to buy rival Lorillard, merging two of the world’s biggest cigarette makers
UK discount retailer B&M aiming for $5bn share listing
Listing will test appetite for new offerings by retail firms
UK retailer Fat Face pulls planned £110m London listing
Poor equity market conditions blamed for u-turn on IPO planned to fund expansion
Ballymore to build 3,000 London homes in £2 billion project
Project, led by Sean Mulryan, will reduce developer’s borrowings with NAMA
Offers over €1bn invited for Nama’s portfolio in North
At least four bidders in running for loans related to properties in UK and Republic
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