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Irish lawyers, accountants and services firms share €900m in special purpose vehicles fees

Russian-used area of Dublin’s shadow banking hub paid total of €3.3 billion in financial and professional services fees last year

Wed Jun 08 2022 - 15:42

Finance committee hears of Irish SPV links to Russian military funding

TCD professor calls for EU-driven effort to regulate vehicles

Wed Jun 01 2022 - 17:43

Hibernia REIT sells the Forum in Dublin’s IFSC for €31m

Property group has exchanged contracts with Spear Street Capital-controlled company

Thu Mar 17 2022 - 08:30

Ireland is ‘not neutral’, says Tánaiste as 70 Irish citizens remain in Ukraine

Varadkar said the government will ‘fully support’ sanctions against Russia

Thu Feb 24 2022 - 14:01

UniCredit to quit the IFSC after 26 years

Irish unit posted €42m net profit last year, 72% ahead of of internal forecasts

Wed May 12 2021 - 05:55

What would be the economic costs and benefits of a united Ireland?

Agenda: The subvention argument tends to view the North as a deadweight, a financial burden to be shouldered by whatever entity follows

Fri May 07 2021 - 05:35

How Dublin quietly became dumping ground for some of Europe’s riskiest corporate loans

Level of CLO assets in Ireland is now 10 times what it was six years ago

Fri Apr 02 2021 - 13:00

Bank of Ireland to quit second headquarters in 11 years

Move from Mespil Road takes account of many staff working remotely

Wed Mar 24 2021 - 18:08

Greek banks use Dublin to move up to €54bn of risky loans

Irish-domiciled SPVs used to accommodate Greek assets, Central Bank reveals

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 04:55

Former junior finance minister to head funds sector lobby group

Michael D’Arcy to resign Seanad seat for Irish Association of Investment Management post

Mon Sept 28 2020 - 05:00

Irish-based funds warned over risk to corporate bonds market

Companies globally facing credit ratings downgrades amid Covid-19 economic shock

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 17:49

Debt market freeze hits sour note for Bank of Ireland

Lenders led by bank left with €370m of debt relating to Ardian’s acquisition of Audiotonix

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 04:00

Bank of Ireland weighs Burlington Plaza exit to cut central offices

Staff would be relocated to group’s two largest locations, its headquarters on Mespil Road and a premises on Baggot Street

Fri Mar 06 2020 - 05:05

Dublin 4 guesthouse offers rare opportunity at €4m

Butlers Townhouse occupies pivotal position at the heart of ever-popular Ballsbridge area

Wed Feb 26 2020 - 05:45

Central Bank warns on Dublin’s €78bn company loans hub

Ireland could get caught in an international financial shock if corporate default rates spike

Fri Dec 13 2019 - 11:59

Gabriel Makhlouf is right to shine a spotlight on the IFSC

Market Watch: Republic is world’s sixth-biggest jurisdiction for ‘shadow banking’

Fri Nov 29 2019 - 15:57

Central Bank report highlights regulatory risks for Dublin’s IFSC

Rapid growth amid Brexit fallout raises stability questions for regulator

Tue Aug 06 2019 - 12:45

Next Central Bank governor took aim at ‘harmful’ Irish tax practices

Gabriel Makhlouf is approved by Cabinet as the first non-Irish national to lead the Central Bank in its 76-year history

Thu May 02 2019 - 05:45

FSU union targets IFSC banks and fintechs in conditions survey

Survey comes as Irish retail banks have shed more than 25,000 jobs over the past decade

Fri Feb 01 2019 - 06:00

Axa XL to boost staff to 75 amid Brexit planning

Central Bank gave authorisation for XL to move to the Republic from the UK

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 05:05

Union to meet Central Bank over staff ‘hot desking’ concerns

Unite says bank has reneged on pledge that all staff would have desks in North Wall HQ

Tue Nov 13 2018 - 19:13

Central Bank to sell its Spencer Dock office

Regulator plans to buy two buildings near HQ to give scope for expansion

Fri Nov 09 2018 - 16:38

Afilias’s Irish profits dip as it moves base back to the US

Internet domain manager is the first known company to relocate to the US due to Trump’s ‘favourable’ tax changes

Wed Nov 07 2018 - 05:15

Central Bank gives nod to XL Insurance Dublin move ahead of Brexit

XL plans to transfer its main European insurance company to the Republic

Wed Oct 17 2018 - 10:46

Italian-owned new Dublin fund manager plans to double staff

Fineco Asset Management plans to more than double its 15-strong team in the coming years

Mon Oct 01 2018 - 07:48

Dublin-based tech firm relocates to US due to Trump’s ‘favourable’ tax changes

The world’s second largest internet domain name registry has relocated to Pennsylvania

Thu Aug 30 2018 - 15:34

Maltese private bank plans to set up Dublin office

Sparkasse Bank Malta plans to recruit up to six initially for Irish operation

Mon May 21 2018 - 04:25

Rusal’s IFSC vehicle caught up in US sanctions move

Moody’s and Fitch have now pulled their ratings on Rusal and its Irish funding vehicle

Thu Apr 12 2018 - 06:14

Regenerating Dublin’s north inner city: 'IFSC led to ethnic cleansing'

Mulvey report may be the last chance for an area repeatedly left behind, locals believe

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 19:01

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

Former regulator says Irish politicians ‘mindless’ over IFSC Russian risks

Stefan Gerlach says they do not recognise the risk in €100bn cash influx since 2007

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 01:00

Thirty years a-growing

Ireland is set to play a key role in global funds growth in the coming years

Thu Jan 18 2018 - 06:00

Glenveagh to build 450 apartments after north Docklands deal

Firm makes first acquisition in the docklands area in deal worth in excess of €40m

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 07:54

Former Central Bank HQ’s new owners target tenants for redevelopment

Project has office, retail, restaurant and leisure space

Thu Nov 23 2017 - 12:20