Finance Magazine | Vol: 22 | Issue: 1
Diversify and thrive
Alternative Investment strategies for the Celtic Tiger
Hedge Funds - funds of funds a safer but pricier option
Exchange Traded Funds - low cost and diversified access to a huge range of alternatives
Private Equity - off the boil for now
Other ‘Alternatives’
Personal investment vehicles - the growth of self-administered options
Absolute return portfolios, and the role of hedge funds
The trick will be to avoid the ‘value trap'
High earnings risk in cyclical sectors such as construction, packaging and airlines
Resources & technology - also impacted by broad sentiment
Key issue in food the ability of firms to pass on cost increases
Facility to short a winning factor for some in 2007
Media and gaming - valuations affected by private equity downturn, and economy
Economy: a temporary pause, not a prolonged slowdown
Nurturing talent in finance
HM Revenue changes to affect Irish ‘non doms’ in the UK
The implications of the sub prime crisis for insurance
Varney’s analysis - tied up in knots
MIFID targets Contracts for Difference
Regulatory issues and alternatives: the importance of MIFID
Finance Bill 2008
New VAT on property regime
Tax intermediaries - ‘enhancing’ Revenue relations
Bonuses - the credit crisis has shifted the goalposts
Generating ‘alpha’ as your day job
Ireland’s securitised mortgage markets - what 2008 may hold
Funds leader
New HSBC Chief Executive Officer for Ireland
PwC launches non-life actuarial consultancy practice
Dublin only Irish region with salary increases in 2007
NTMA targets diversification into alternatives for National Pension Reserve Fund for 2009

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