The Irish Times

Hibernia Reit puts former Depfa Bank headquarters in IFSC on the market

Property investor understood to be seeking less than the €37.8m it paid in 2014

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 05:32

Dublin-based Depha bank posted €79.4m loss before sale deal

German state bad bank sold business to Bawag, which will continue the orderly winding down of the business

Mon Apr 05 2021 - 06:00

Dublin-based Depfa to be bought by Austria’s Bawag

Bank expects to make money by running down former public sector lender

Mon Feb 15 2021 - 13:22

Austrian lender Bawag emerging as frontrunner to acquire Dublin-based Depfa

Depfa is former unit of Hypo Real Estate, which was bailed out in Germany

Thu Feb 11 2021 - 16:58

Depfa bypasses ECB ban with €150m dividend payout

Bank based in Dublin is in wind-down mode and has more than €630m in reserves

Tue Dec 08 2020 - 19:16

Depfa sees fresh bid interest from Apollo and JC Flowers

The German lender based in Dublin has also drawn interest from hedge funds

Mon Aug 10 2020 - 04:40

Germany gives potential Depfa bidders three weeks to register

Bank nearly collapsed during 2008 financial crisis

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 10:28

Overseas-owned Irish banks hold off on dividends

ECB said capital may be needed to support lending to households and businesses during pandemic

Fri Apr 03 2020 - 05:05

Germany’s sale of Depfa Bank advances as S&P questions strategy

Dublin-based Depfa is planning to hand back excess capital to German bad bank FMS-WM

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 05:15

Consortium led by McCourt on track to win broadband tender

Seen & Heard: Boomtime property financier Derek Quinlan facing bankruptcy petition

Sun Mar 31 2019 - 14:45

Fingleton in no rush as Irish Nationwide inquiry drags on

Former chief executive feels persecuted by investigation

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 16:30

Depfa sale under consideration, German bad bank confirms

German bank likely to strip out Dublin-based bank’s excess capital before seeking disposal

Tue Apr 10 2018 - 17:21

German bad bank eyes Depfa special dividend as excess equity tops €800m

Depfa’s net profit almost doubled last year due to asset and liability transactions with FMS-WM

Fri Mar 30 2018 - 06:25

Germany considers new attempt to sell Dublin-based Depfa Bank

Depfa executives and FMS-WM believe sale of licensed Irish bank could play into Brexit shakeout

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 06:00

Hypo Real Estate court case ends with a whimper

German prosecutors drop fraud charges against ex-managers of bailed-out lender

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 16:40

Government needs to focus on single shot at winning Brexit jobs

Central Bank’s independence should not be impinged in bid to win inward investment

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 06:00

Dublin-based Depfa swings into profit as wind-down accelerates

Depfa Bank was bought by Munich-based Hypo Real Estate in 2007

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 11:58

German bad bank moves asset admin to Dublin

FMS Wertmanagement had €20.3bn of UK assets at the end of 2015

Tue Oct 25 2016 - 04:56

Depfa Bank assets rise 6% despite wind-down

Dublin-based bank posts €54 million pretax loss for first six months of 2016

Wed Aug 17 2016 - 10:16

JC Flowers and Apollo circling Irish-based bank

EAA Covered Bond Bank being sold under wind-up of German bank WestLB

Wed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00

Derek Scally: Don’t blame German banks for the Irish economic crisis

‘German banks were not big lenders to Ireland’s pre-crisis domestic banking sector. British banks, US banks and offshore banks were’

Tue Aug 18 2015 - 05:00

‘Orphan’ Depfa Bank had aid request denied, FoI records show

Released documents say German bank was not covered by Irish or German authorities

Fri Jan 16 2015 - 11:19

Dublin-based Depfa sold to German ‘bad bank’ for €320m

Bank will continue to operate in Dublin but will not take on any new business

Sat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00

The morning business briefing: tax avoidance on agenda

OECD focus shifts to key elements of tax structures; Hotel Indigo has Ireland in its sights

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 08:39

Germany may face €500m Hypo Real Estate compensation bill

Munich court finds HRE falsified accounts and misled investors during financial crisis

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 01:01

Eight banks to pay €17.6m in Irish stress-test costs

Almunia says focus in Ireland must turn to building competition in banking

Thu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00

Hibernia Reit acquires Forum building in IFSC for €37.8m

Property firm makes tenth high-profile acquisition since listing on stock exchange last year

Fri Aug 22 2014 - 08:11

Ex-Hypo Real Estate chief Georg Funke faces criminal charges

Investigation concludes six years after near-collapse of bank’s Dublin subsidiary Depfa

Fri Aug 15 2014 - 01:00

Germany rules on economic planning but Irish opportunism makes sense

Business Opinion: German plan is so good it makes it difficult for us to plan long-term

Mon Jul 07 2014 - 01:00

Lender’s Dublin takeover deal defended in Munich court

Some 100 former shareholders have taken compensation test case against Hypo Real Estate

Sat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00

Hypo Real Estate investors seek compensation for bank’s losses

Test case in Munich over what was once Germany’s largest real estate lender

Tue Feb 04 2014 - 01:00

Full transcript of Weidmann interview

Fri Jan 24 2014 - 07:13

Three years that irrevocably changed the Hiberno-German relationship

There is much respect in Berlin for what Ireland has achieved, but getting our debt relief wishes past the Bundestag will be difficult

Fri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00

State Street hires

Fri Nov 29 2013 - 01:01