New venture to manage unsecured credit banks, utility firms and semistate agencies

Increase in credit union lending has occurred against backdrop of regulatory and legislative tweaks

This week’s bid from ECP and KKR means the Irish company is firmly in play

Group said it started this year ‘with momentum’ despite geopolitical uncertainty posed by the Middle East conflict

Rejection comes two days after company said it had received the offer

Building materials giant also offloads three firms for $1.9bn

Dublin-based company would follow CRH in dropping its London listing altogether

Insulation giant sees sales top €2.1bn for first three months of year

Gross loans on the bank’s balance sheet grew by 1.7 per cent for the period, to €73.5bn

Clinical trials group first signalled in February it was investigating potential revenue overstatement

DCC is based in Dublin and listed on the London Stock Exchange

Payout will bring the total dividends by Allianz since the Covid-19 pandemic to €434m or €1.39m a week over six years

Price is well ahead of global benchmarks

Many in the financial industry would argue that the pendulum has swung too hard towards the regulator

Funds manager says he has been mostly unable to work for six years