Financial Related Professional Services and Internationally Traded Legal Services in Ireland - a Special Cover Feature in this issue, in which prominent lawyers (including the Chief Justice of Ireland) spell out their assessment of the opportunities for Ireland as a global common law commercial law centre.

A Day in the Life: Funds Industry Lawyer; Also, Captive Insurance 'Gold Plating' & Ireland; Non Performing Loans and Unintended Consequences in EU provisions; Budget 2019 & the Finance Bill; Aviation Finance- CDB Aviation's new global HQ in Dublin.

Fintel has developed an online Polling system for delegates, sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland that will enable them (for both conferences) to record their opinions on a series of Key Questions at the various sessions at FCSDublin, 2018 and the Aviation Finance Conference, 2018 in Georges' Hall and The Financial Centres Conference in The Hibernia Centre, Dublin Castle. The polls will be conducted in an analogous way to way a jury works, and the secrecy of the ballot is guaranteed.

Corporate Banking in Ireland in 2018 - a Special Report in this issue. Preview of FCSDublin 2018 - Financial Centres Summit to host key discussions affecting Irish IFS ahead of Brexit; Budget 2019 Comment: Irish personal taxpayers are still paying for the GFC, with a tax burden that is higher than it was 10 years ago;

Also: Book Review Antoin Murphy on poet Micheal O'Siadhail's 357 page excursion into economics and finance; Investment Funds developments, including Equilend MTF a jv including State Street, JP Morgan, Northern Trust and Blackrock as owners; and the CBI's 'sandbox' - its fintech Innovation Hub.

25 years of global ETFs: The $5.2 trillion global ETF industry is the subject of our Cover Special Report in this issue where we look at the combination of factors that have driven their growth, assess their prospects for continued delivery in the 2020s and look at the latest global developments and Ireland's leading role in the European ETF market.

We comment on the Central Bank's new Innovation Hub that will focus on 'engagement, sharing and listening' and provide a direct contact point for new and incumbent firms on their fintech innovations.

Also: The EU's Digital Tax proposals and the spectre of multiple-taxation are analysed as is the conflict between the EU and the OECD on the future of international tax the Irish Tax Monitor, and the implications of the Coffey Report's recommendations for Ireland's FS industry; Dillon Eustace's Muireann Reedy analyses financial sanctions regimes and their extra-territorial reach; BPFI's Amy Walsh on the evolving landscape of banking recovery planning; Editorial: Mid Year Review for Ireland's financial services centre.