Boardroom Briefing

AIB, Mincon, Ryanair and Smurfit Kappa

AIB chief executive Bernard Byrne

Trading update from AIB

The government is considering when to sell its stake in AIB, and the latest update from the bank suggests it is entering 2017 in a strong position.

AIB published a trading update for the first nine months of the year last Friday morning.

The bank indicated that its net interest margin – the difference between interest received from loans and what it pays out on deposits – increased to ...