First gains in seven months for struggling pension fundsPENSION FUNDS made some gains in March for the first time in seven months. The average Irish group-managed fund added 2Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Safety fears over Elan and Wyeth Alzheimer's drugSAFETY CONCERNS have forced Elan and its partner Wyeth to pull one of the three dosages in a phase III trial of its most advanced…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
AGI expects key bowel drug data by JuneDRUG DEVELOPMENT group AGI Therapeutics expects to have top-line data on its key irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) therapy by the…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Asset value in Irish pensions down 23%THE VALUE of assets in Irish pension funds fell by 23 per cent last year to €66.7 billionWed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Calculating income thresholdfor over-70s' medical cardsQ&A: Q I am the current holder of a medical card, being over 70Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Tough out high mortgage rate instead of paying penaltyQ&A: Q WE ARE a young couple and bought our house in Dublin (three-bed semi with garage) in 2006 at the top of the market…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Aer Lingus has its biggest fall since going publicDUBLIN REPORT: Iseq: 1,947.41 (-38Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Wedding adviser's firm made €100,000 settlement with RevenueTHE COMPANY of celebrity wedding adviser Peter Kelly has made a tax settlement of almost €100,000 with the Revenue Commissioners…Wed Mar 11 2009 - 00:00
Irish pension funds lose 7.5% in value in first two months of yearPENSION FUNDS continued to lose significant value last month, with the average Irish group managed fund shedding a further 5Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Pension funds call for reform as losses hit €30bnIRISH PENSION funds are calling for radical reform, part of which could undermine the position of pensioners in schemes that …Fri Feb 27 2009 - 00:00
Elan to cut 115 Irish staff in 'alignment of resources'DRUG MANUFACTURER Elan yesterday announced that 115 of its Irish workforce will lose their jobs as part of what the company called…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Accountants PwC cut salaries by 10%THE ACCOUNTANTS PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has cut salaries by 10 per cent for most of its 2,200 employees in the Republic.Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Recession can help cut costs, says head of US chamberIRELAND NEEDS to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the current recession to significantly reduce the costs of doing…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Recession can help cut costs, says head of US chamberIRELAND NEEDS to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the current recession to significantly reduce the costs of doing…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Blow to windfall hopesTHE NEWS that former Irish Nationwide chairman Michael Walsh has told the Government the building society “cannot survive” without…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
What if Ireland left the euro zone?Q&A: Q IF, HYPOTHETICALLY speaking, Ireland were to leave the euro zone (for whatever reason) and re-adopt the punt as legal…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
A day of mixed fortunes for beleaguered financialsDUBLIN REPORT: IT WAS a day of decidedly mixed fortunes for Ireland’s beleaguered financials yesterday.Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Opsona gets €18m in biotech fundingIRISH BIOTECH company Opsona has secured €18 million to fund its continuing development of drugs to address diseases such as …Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Foreign bank protectionQ&A: Q Some time ago, I read a headline which stated that Gordon Brown was considering whether or not to extend the British…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Reprieve on house arrearsREPOSSESSIONS: MORTGAGE HOLDERS have secured a 12-month window under the recapitalisation proposals before Allied Irish Bank…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Elan reports 24% rise in overall sales, driven largely by Tysabri revenueELAN, THE manufacturer of multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, yesterday reported strong growth in sales last year but was more cautious…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Flagship drug unlikely to bridge gap until new productANALYSIS: THE FIGURES from last year were upbeat, if relatively unsurprisingWed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
IL&P bucks trend as shares in big banks fallMARKET REPORT: THE DUBLIN MARKET struggled for direction yesterday, reflecting the general trend across Europe.Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Impact of pension levy eased by tax reductionPUBLIC SECTOR workers will, in effect, get tax relief on their pension levy contributionsThu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Defined-benefit pensions get time to regain fully funded statusTROUBLED DEFINED-BENEFIT pension funds will have more time to get their house in order under revised guidelines issued yesterday…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Swallow the lossQ&A: Q Can you give me your opinion on the likelihood of Anglo Irish Bank ever being refloated? I was reckless enough to…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Deposit guaranteeQ&A: Q I have a lump sum that I was looking to deposit in Bank of IrelandFri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Pension losses at Iseq firms hit €5.7bn in 2008PENSION FUND losses at listed Irish companies amounted to €5Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
Biotech Elan may go on market after strategic reviewIRISH BIOTECH group Elan may put itself on the market as a result of a strategic review announced yesterdayWed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
Cashing in investmentQ&A: Q: I am hoping to buy a house in 2009. I have saved enough for a depositFri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
ISEQ free-fall helped pension funds drop by €27bn last yearTHE VALUE of Irish pension funds fell by €27 billion last year, with the group managed funds nursing an average loss of 34Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Boston Scientific buys Galway firmBOSTON SCIENTIFIC has acquired a small medical device development company based in Galway.Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Waterford pensions under threat from collapseTHE PENSIONS of Waterford Wedgwood's workers may be under threat following the collapse of the company yesterday with debts of…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Over-70s medical card thresholdQ&A: Q My husband and I are both over 70 and have a medical card. Our income in 2008 was in excess of €73,000Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Goodbody Stockbrokers tops 'Finance' surveyGOODBODY STOCKBROKERS last night won 10 of the 12 equity categories in the Finance Stockbroking Survey 2008.Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Property prices in uncertain timesQ&A: QI have made an offer on an apartment at a 25 per cent reduction off its peak price and this offer has been accepted…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Ministers' take on pensions a band-aid fix for bigger problemOPINION: People are walking into a future in which they assume a pension that simply will not be thereMon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Lenihan eases pension annuity ruleMINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has loosened pension rules to help people caught by the downward spiral of world stock markets…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Defined contribution schemes mostaffected by marketIF THE funding standard is the major headache for defined benefit pension schemes, annuities have become a prominent concern …Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Best performing managed pension fund loses 3.4% of value in NovemberTHE BEST performing Irish managed pension fund still lost 3.4 per cent of its value last monthThu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Passing on ECB rate cutQA: Q I'm currently in the process or remortgaging and I've gone through a broker for convenienceFri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Elan plans to raise $400m by mid-2009PHARMACEUTICALS group Elan plans to raise about $400 million (€319 million) by the middle of next year.Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Far from first rateQ&A Q: I am looking to take out a mortgage as a first-time buyerFri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
When does the new rate of Dirt apply?Q&A: Q I have a sum of money on deposit with an Irish bank for one year maturing on January 5th, 2009, on which date the…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Pension funds lost 9.2% of their value during OctoberIRISH PENSION funds hit new lows in October, shedding 9.2 per cent of their value over the course of the month on averageWed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
