The Irish Times

Isif names Nick Ashmore as new chief

Investment vehicle is effectively a State sovereign wealth fund

Tue Dec 22 2020 - 16:01

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

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to finance 25,000 homes

Fund managed by NTMA to back building of homes ‘ideally at the more affordable end’

Fri Feb 01 2019 - 08:30

Republic withdraws public money from fossil fuel investments

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund divests from 38 companies, raising €68m

Fri Jan 04 2019 - 13:51

State job-creation fund invests €50m in Barings aircraft lessor

Aviation firm pledges to hire Irish companies for maintenance ‘where practicable’

Fri Sept 28 2018 - 17:51

Activate closes funding round as it targets €1bn in 2018

ISIF, KKR have committed additional €270m to property lender

Tue Jul 03 2018 - 09:16

New €150m fund to support Irish companies growing in China

Sino Irish fund will focus on high growth technology firms, will also help Chinese firms grow in Ireland

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 07:24

Value of Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund rises to €8.7bn

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) unveils year-end review of investments

Mon Jan 22 2018 - 13:31

New €250m fund aims to take equity stakes in Irish SMEs

State, AIB and Bank of Ireland among key backers of Business Growth Fund initiative

Tue Nov 14 2017 - 05:45

Over 10,000 new housing units to be developed by State-backed fund

Fund and co-investors have now committed €8.1bn to investments in the Republic

Fri May 26 2017 - 15:53

Property group and State to invest €100m in commercial property

Fine Grain Property Ireland teams up with Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Sat May 13 2017 - 06:16

Frontline Ventures to offer €60m fund to software firms

Fund aimed at early-stage business-to-business firms to invest in up to 10 each year

Tue Feb 07 2017 - 09:34

Cold-calls given the heave-ho with big data technology

Friday Interview: Dave Elkington, founder and CEO of InsideSales.com

Fri Jan 27 2017 - 06:47

InsideSales.com to create 120 jobs after $50m funding round

Firm makes agreement with Insight Centre for Data Analytics as investors include ISIF

Wed Jan 18 2017 - 10:19

€30m fund to provide growth capital to Irish SMEs

BMS Finance Fund is backed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Wed Mar 30 2016 - 15:29

Strategic fund invests €613m in 2015

Six further deals worth €200m expected to close in coming weeks

Mon Dec 21 2015 - 11:57

Ireland to pull billions of euro from global asset managers

Government will use assets in sovereign wealth fund to bolster domestic economy

Mon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00

ISIF to launch €100m fund for office development

State backed fund has linked up with US real estate fund to finance high-quality office development and construction projects

Thu Nov 05 2015 - 11:29

Cantillon: where will the money come from for homes?

Joe O’Reilly says financing of €9bn will be required for housing alone

Sat Aug 15 2015 - 01:00

Irish sovereign fund to invest up to €1 billion

Investment this year could bring total committed to €2.5 bn in bid to boost economy

Thu Jul 02 2015 - 13:45

Irish Strategic Investment Fund may invest up to €1 billion

Director says pipeline is “strong and growing”

Wed Apr 22 2015 - 13:16

Malin raises €330m in stock exchange debut

Flotation of life sciences company is first for Irish Stock Exchange in 2015

Wed Mar 25 2015 - 10:06

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund yet to embrace ‘big idea’ proposals

Recent deals fit with plan to put money into venture capital funds to provide cash to SMEs

Tue Mar 24 2015 - 01:40

State investment fund considers Kilkenny regeneration project

Redevelopment of the former Smithwick’s Brewery site on ISIF radar

Mon Mar 23 2015 - 15:30

Non-bank finance seeks profit where banks still fear to tread

Funds step in to offer credit to Irish business in wake of the banks’ reluctance to lend

Fri Oct 03 2014 - 01:50

TVC Holdings exit not exactly a major shock

TVC had just two deals in seven years, blaming ‘too much’ foreign capital

Wed May 14 2014 - 01:01

Working out where to invest will be key challenge for innovative €6.8bn fund

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is one of the first of its type in the world

Thu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00

Strategic investment fund to put €6.8 billion into economy

Newly established fund may attract an equal amount of private-sector funding

Wed Mar 05 2014 - 22:27

Government ‘ignoring mid-sized companies’ in favour of multinationals and start-ups

Irish Stock Exchange chief calls for more balanced enterprise policy to support indigneous companies

Fri Nov 08 2013 - 01:13