GUIDE TO MARKETS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS TO IRELAND'S IFSC
The FINANCE DUBLIN Guide to Markets Infrastructure Providers to Ireland's IFSC lists the providers of transactions, payments and exchanges services, including clearance and settlement. It also provides a Directory of IT, computing and network facilities providers to the securities, funds, money and payments infrastructure of the International Financial Services Centre.
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The Finance Dublin Yearbook 2012 is launched this week
The Yearbook is launched this week, led by a special articles by the Taoiseach, the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, and Opposition spokesman on Finance, Michael McGrath. as well as many IFSC figures. At its heart, though, are the 550+ updated profiles of the people and businesses that make up the IFSC for the what it is - the most successful development project in the history of the state. The Yearbook features a special, month by month, history of the IFSC, going back to its antecedents, in the 1970s, with the establishment of GPA in Shannon, the first major international financial services success in Ireland, and the early days of money and banking in Ireland. The book also provides a Special 'IFSC Scorecard' which assessses the standing of the IFSC at various points in its history, including, most importantly, the present.
Major deals in finance and the IFSC, as corporate Ireland emerges with key deals
2011 was a real year of change, with banking and pharmaceutical financing just some of the major highlights. Ireland’s financial sector is continuing to restructure and a steady flow of FDI was evident, including investment from WL Ross, Liberty Mutual and Fairfax. Meanwhile the corporate economy continued to thrive with large exporting companies the most active.
M&A deals increase 4 p.c. in 2011. Nominations are made for Finance Dublin 2012 Deals of the Year Awards
2011 saw a steady volume of deals for the Irish M&A market but deal value was significantly lower than in previous years. A lack of indigenous transactions was also evident and can be attributed to fears of market instability and a lack of funding. The demands of the Troika in relation to the sale of state assets will be influential on market activity in 2012.
A Day in the Life: ‘Exciting opportunity’ - the CFO of Liberty Mutual in Ireland
Liberty Mutual Group celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. As CFO of Liberty Insurance in Ireland, George Doonan deals with the financial management of an organisation with operations in 26 countries and just about every time zone . This involves heavy communication with Liberty Mutual’s investment management group in Boston, particuarly as transition plans are developed for the movement of Liberty International Underwriters Irish property and casualty business, which targets larger businesses, to Liberty Insurance, which traditionally focused on smaller businesses. This will provide an opportunity for the company to reach the entire commercial market.
Deloitte Financial Reporting Brief: IASB Progress - Does it Measure Up?
We are now some four to five years on from the beginnings of major upheaval that continues to cast its shadow over the global economic and financial landscape. Has the accounting profession, with its standard setters delivered on its commitment to address perceived shortcomings in financial reporting asks Brendan Sheridan.
