The Irish Times

NTMA slow out of the blocks this year in raising debt

Cantillon: Word is Belgium and Ireland will launch large bond deals by end of the week

Tue Jan 11 2022 - 05:15

NTMA picks Frank O’Connor as next chief executive

Incoming chief is agency’s head of funding and debt management

Tue Dec 21 2021 - 15:16

NTMA CEO race sees O’Connor and Carville face off in final line-up

Decision expected imminently on successor to Conor O’Kelly

Mon Dec 20 2021 - 06:23

State seeking to raise €750m in treasury bill auction

NTMA expects to raise up to €20bn on bond markets this year to cover budgetary gaps

Mon Nov 15 2021 - 11:30

State seeking to raise €750m in bond auction

NTMA expects to raise €20bn on markets this year to cover budgetary expenses

Mon Oct 18 2021 - 18:40

Brendan McDonagh, Dara Deering and Des Carville among NTMA CEO candidates

A successor to Conor O’Kelly is expected to be selected by the end of the year

Mon Oct 18 2021 - 06:00

State seeking to raise €1.5bn in auction of long-term bonds

NTMA to raise up to €20bn in bond markets this year to cover housing and Covid spend

Mon Oct 11 2021 - 10:29

NTMA boss says markets will support borrowing €4bn a year for housing

Conor O’Kelly ‘reasonably sanguine’ about State’s ability to borrow

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 18:06

Aer Lingus in talks with State fund on Covid support

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has already given airline €150m loan

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 11:27

NTMA chief to tell TDs Ireland must prepare for next ‘economic shock’

Conor O’Kelly to hail increase in disposable income and add note of caution in front of PAC

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 20:46

The truth about Ireland’s monster €240bn debt: it wasn’t the banks

It equates to €103,300 for every worker in the State and we’ll probably never pay it off

Sun Sept 19 2021 - 12:47

NTMA sees State’s interest rate falling to 1.5%

ECB buying up most debt issued to deal with Covid fallout

Wed Sept 08 2021 - 18:06

NTMA and Nama halt staff bonus payouts for 2020

Up to 131 staff earn more than €100,000

Wed Jun 23 2021 - 19:07

National debt agency hunts for new boss as Conor O’Kelly due to step down

O’Kelly’s successor faces task of managing enlarged debt pile due to Covid crisis

Thu Jun 17 2021 - 21:09

They aren’t going to raise income tax again – are they?

ESRI points to big gains from increasing income tax rates – close to €1 billion annually

Sat May 22 2021 - 06:00

NTMA CEO ‘not greatly worried’ about burden of Covid borrowings

Conor O’Kelly says ECB and other policymakers will ensure environment is benign

Wed May 19 2021 - 10:33

Councils ‘wasting money’; business fraudsters; and how affordable housing plan will make things worse

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 06:40

‘You don’t want to be running your economy and society for bond investors’

Ireland should prepare for a recession or crisis every decade, says NTMA chief

Sat Nov 21 2020 - 05:39

State sells €1.25bn in long-term debt

Funding will be used to pay for Government measures to deal with pandemic

Thu Sept 10 2020 - 11:15

NTMA seeks to raise up to €1.5bn in bond auction

State has been forced to up its borrowing to deal with the economic crisis caused by Covid

Mon Sept 07 2020 - 10:27

Director of €15bn State fund to step down

Eugene O’Callaghan will leave Ireland Strategic Investment Fund at end of December

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 16:39

NTMA raises additional €750m at negative rate of -0.54%

Auction receives €2.27bn in bids, three times the amount on offer

Thu Aug 20 2020 - 12:36

Central Bank governor to call for ‘credible’ path’ to cut State debt post-Covid-19

High level of debt will leave State vulnerable to future shocks, warns Makhlouf

Tue Jul 07 2020 - 04:59

State’s shareholdings in Irish banks could last another decade

Donohoe indicates opportunity to sell off more shares in AIB, Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB has been stymied by crisis

Tue Jun 16 2020 - 05:00

NTMA warns Covid-19 borrowing leaves State exposed to rising interest rates

Debt management agency says it has already raised €18.5bn of its increased €20bn to €24bn borrowing target for this year

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 14:41

Ireland’s financial reputation: why this time it is different

NTMA’s latest bond auction reflects solid position of public finances

Thu Apr 09 2020 - 13:50

NTMA raises €6bn from bond auction to help State meet Covid-19 costs

Funds to boost State coffers as support ramps up for coronavirus-hit firms and workers

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 13:37

NTMA to sell up to €4bn of debt to help fund State’s response to virus

Agency announces imminent auction of seven-year bonds

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 12:54

NTMA plans multibillion-euro bond sale within weeks

Move comes as bill to fight impact of Covid-19 crisis climbs

Wed Apr 01 2020 - 18:19

State well-placed to borrow in international markets, NTMA says

Agency points to Ireland’s positive debt profile coupled with strong investor appetite

Wed Mar 25 2020 - 12:29

NTMA boss calls for decision on selling down State bank holdings

Agency says money should be used to pay down Ireland’s outsized debt burden

Wed Feb 26 2020 - 11:05

Election adds to headaches for AIB boss Colin Hunt

Market Beat: Pressure on the partially State-owned bank continue to mount

Fri Jan 17 2020 - 15:15

State’s €215bn debt burden leaves us exposed to global recession

Figure equates to over €44,000 for every man, woman and child in the Republic

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 05:00

Mario’s final push as end in sight for reign in Frankfurt

Cantillon: ECB president Draghi gears up for exit with fresh stimulus measures

Sat Jul 27 2019 - 05:30