French investor pays €47.2m for Smithfield office block
Dublin 7 property, which last sold for €57m in 2019, is fully occupied with 90 per cent of space let to the OPW
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Landmark IFSC office block on sale for a 70% cut on 2020 price at €25 million
La Touche House was purchased by Axa IM Real Assets and BCP for €84m five years ago
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Investors chase US stocks as valuation risks mount
Most investors appear unbothered by ‘stratospheric’ US prices
Top banker’s housekeeper acquitted in blackmail case
Former employee of ex-Credit Suisse chief asked for compensation for allegedly abusive working conditions
Threat of far-right election success in France spooks investors
Sell-off in French stocks as snap election raises prospect of a far-right government in the EU’s second-biggest economy
Credit Suisse investors sue Switzerland in New York court
Bondholders seek damages for what they allege was an unjust violation of their property rights during rescue by rival UBS
UBS deepens cost cuts as it integrates Credit Suisse
Swiss bank says it plans to buy back up to $1bn in shares this year
Eamon Waters snaps up Dublin 8 office block for heavily discounted €14m
Credit Suisse had acquired the Chancery Building from Hibernia Reit for €23.8m in 2017
From AI boom to zombie companies; an A to Z of financial markets in 2023
US powerhouse economy grows by 5.2% in third quarter, is expected to expand by 2.1% in 2023 and 1.5% in 2024
Some 60,000 jobs shed by world’s biggest banks in one of worst years for cuts since financial crisis
Collectively, the big Wall Street banks cut at least 30,000 staff in 2023 with more cuts expected next year
Markets stay calm about Trump – for now
Risk is that US voters ‘demonstrate disregard for the constitution, the rule of law and the reputation and role of the US abroad’
Former Bank of Ireland chief Francesca McDonagh hired to lead German-based funds servicer
UK-born banker found herself at the epicentre of Europe’s biggest banking crisis in more than a decade while at Credit Suisse
Ctrl Alt raises €2.5m in funding round
Ctrl Alt was founded in 2020 by Mr Ong, who previously worked with Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse
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