Ulster Bank briefs rivals on account closure plans ahead of exitClose to a million personal accounts affected by withdrawalThu Dec 02 2021 - 12:45
More non-bank lenders will enter market – mortgage chiefShare of mortgage drawdowns from broker channel has grown to 40.7%, AIMA saysMon Nov 29 2021 - 07:51
Liquidators of Wirecard’s Irish arm focus fraud investigation on four key areasLiquidators have completed two reports on Dublin firm’s collapseMon Nov 29 2021 - 06:37
Oyster tipped to sell part of HealthBeacon stake in IPOBill McCabe’s firm is medtech player’s largest shareholder with 17% stake worth €12.8mMon Nov 29 2021 - 05:00
First-time buyers 30 and under draw down less than 25% of new mortgagesBorrowers aged 35 and over account for greatest share of drawdowns, BPFI report showsThu Nov 25 2021 - 00:27
Irishman David Duffy’s pay package doubles to £2.75m at Virgin MoneyUK lender moved back into profit and confirmed return to dividendsWed Nov 24 2021 - 15:47
ICG to have three ferries on Dover-Calais route after fresh purchaseIrish Ferries owner has prioritised route between England and FranceWed Nov 24 2021 - 13:30
Mazars partner Michael Tuohy fined over quality of Nama vehicle auditTuohy is third person fined by regulator since it took direct audit responsibility in 2016Wed Nov 24 2021 - 04:21
Donohoe banking review to ‘consider’ expected banker bonus pleasFocus on developing mortgage market and how competition feeds setting of interest ratesTue Nov 23 2021 - 17:35
HealthBeacon to triple workforce after €100m flotationDublin-based medical technology company aims to raise €25 million in IPOTue Nov 23 2021 - 12:14
CRH eyes record $5.25bn earnings as price increases offset cost inflationIrish company’s margin widened in first nine months of 2021 to 17.1%Tue Nov 23 2021 - 07:34
AIB confirms sale of British SME book to Allica BankChief executive Colin Hunt announced last December the bank was retrenching from British SME marketTue Nov 23 2021 - 07:15
AIB nears deal to sell £1bn British SME book to Allica BankBank’s exit from market segment will save it an estimated €35m in coming yearsSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:15
Goodbye Yew Grove Reit, investors barely knew youMarket Beat: Government policy has made life increasingly difficult for reitsFri Nov 19 2021 - 16:41
Ardagh to open first plant in Ireland since Ringsend bottle factory closureNew York-listed group investing $200m in facility near BelfastFri Nov 19 2021 - 14:30
PTSB takes legal challenge over ombudsman tracker decisionIndustry observers speculate outcome may set precedent for wider group of borrowersFri Nov 19 2021 - 05:31
Bank of Ireland corporate banking head Tom Hayes diesWexford native and bank veteran was member of group executive committeeThu Nov 18 2021 - 17:42
Hibernia Reit says work-from-home advice likely to dampen office marketProperty group chief foresees ‘winners and losers’ in office sector post-CovidThu Nov 18 2021 - 16:07
State’s Bank of Ireland stake falls below 9%Bank’s return to private ownership is acceleratingThu Nov 18 2021 - 15:51
Finance union set for collision with banks with 6% pay hike demandFSU wants ‘the proceeds of success to be shared’Thu Nov 18 2021 - 13:13
Yew Grove’s Canadian suitor begins raising capital for €127.8m dealSlate Office Reit will sell shares and subordinated debt to buy Irish property companyWed Nov 17 2021 - 19:18
Ardagh Metal Packaging buys Canadian digital printing firmHart Print enables companies to imprint colourful artwork on aluminium cansWed Nov 17 2021 - 17:18
Australian fintech EML confident regulator concerns can be resolvedIrish Central Bank concerned over how issues will be resolved at Irish-founded Prepaid Financial ServicesWed Nov 17 2021 - 11:24
BoI hires Goodbody analyst Eamonn Hughes as sustainability and investor relations headChartered accountant has been researching environment, social and governance issuesTue Nov 16 2021 - 16:38
Former colleagues and business figures attend Sean FitzPatrick’s funeral‘Dad had a lot of professional highs and lows in his life’Tue Nov 16 2021 - 16:04
Glenveagh Properties to buy back further €100m of shares after dockland salesRepurchase programme follows on from the group having completed its first share buyback scheme last monthTue Nov 16 2021 - 08:14
Yew Grove eyes €127.8m sale to Canadian group amid capital-raising ‘challenges’Irish office and industrial assets company floated on the Irish market in 2018Tue Nov 16 2021 - 07:42
RSA Ireland sees Covid business interruption claims running to €46mDundrum-based company, led by Kevin Thompson, recorded €12.6m loss in 2020Tue Nov 16 2021 - 05:13
Irish motor insurers’ profits soar as claims collapse amid Covid restrictionsLockdown lifts motor insurers to highest profitability since at least 2009Tue Nov 16 2021 - 00:01
KBC books €319m charge for Irish exit planCharge includes €81m of staff restructuring costs and €170m of loan impairment chargesFri Nov 12 2021 - 17:45
US hedge fund tidies up Malin investmentPentwater Capital’s overall interest up from 27.6 per cent so far this year to 28.6 per centFri Nov 12 2021 - 17:37
Total Produce offers Glanbia a cautionary tale as it untangles Irish dairy rootsMarket Beat: Listing in New York may not be all it’s cracked up to beFri Nov 12 2021 - 17:25
Warnings of market peak amid wave of ‘hot’ insurance broker dealsConsolidation at a tipping point amid surge in valuations, leading industry figure saysFri Nov 12 2021 - 05:43
Central Bank refers ex-PTSB CEO Guinane for inquiry in first individual tracker casePTSB was first bank to be fined in relation to its involvement in industry-wide scandalWed Nov 10 2021 - 18:21
PTSB agrees sale of €390m of mainly non-performing mortgages to Morgan StanleyWall Street giant to refinance loan bookWed Nov 10 2021 - 11:20
Seán FitzPatrick: Public opprobrium contrasts with praise over pre-Celtic Tiger roleEx-Anglo Irish chief ‘unfairly vilified’ over financial collapse, say businesspeopleWed Nov 10 2021 - 02:00
Seán FitzPatrick timeline: from a dairy farmer’s son to Anglo chiefThe rise of the ‘mediocre schoolboy’ who later became head of Anglo Irish BankTue Nov 09 2021 - 19:43
Seán FitzPatrick was ‘convenient scapegoat’ after crash, top financiers sayDermot Desmond says ex-Anglo chairman was a ‘decent and honourable Irishman’Tue Nov 09 2021 - 18:27
Former Anglo Irish bank chief Seán FitzPatrick diesMr FitzPatrick (73) died of cardiac arrest, according to familyTue Nov 09 2021 - 12:22
Grafton Group increases profit forecast for year in spite of supply chain pressuresOwner of the Woodie’s DIY brand in Ireland now expects to post operating profit of £265m-£270mTue Nov 09 2021 - 08:05
‘Buy now, pay later’ giant Klarna launches in Irish marketSwedish firm allows consumers to split cost of online purchases into three paymentsTue Nov 09 2021 - 05:34
Davy lures Amundi’s Martin Dolan to head research teamMove comes as scandal-struck Irish stockbroker set to be taken over by BoITue Nov 09 2021 - 05:10
Campion Insurance to be sold to UK-based PIB Group for more than €70mDeal is UK group’s third purchase of retail insurance broker this year in the RepublicMon Nov 08 2021 - 12:43
Donohoe extends BoI stake sell-down after raising €249mBank’s chief executive sees lender returning to full private ownership next yearFri Nov 05 2021 - 14:58
Has AIB dropped clearest hint yet of its designs on Ulster’s tracker mortgages?Market Beat: Bank makes all the right noises over excess cashFri Nov 05 2021 - 14:28
Irish Credit Bureau faces €1.84m redundancy costs as liquidation loomsLenders use rival Central Bank credit information service when making loan decisionsFri Nov 05 2021 - 05:59
JP Morgan Ireland profit falls ahead of downgrade to branch statusIrish banking unit of Wall Street giant saw net profit fall by more than a third last yearFri Nov 05 2021 - 05:49
Central Bank secures court ban against Longford financial adviserRosaleen Grier was providing debt management servicesThu Nov 04 2021 - 12:02
Smurfit Kappa invests €600m to chase demand as its cardboard system is ‘sold out’Firm’s revenues rose 15% to €7.3bn over the first nine months of the yearWed Nov 03 2021 - 18:29
Committee hears criticism of delays in banker accountability rulesProposed laws involve the setting up of a senior executive accountability regimeWed Nov 03 2021 - 16:42