Ian Guider's Market Talk

As Permanent TSB prepares to publish its latest results, it has big problems to address

Jeremy Masding, the beleaguered chief executive of Permanent TSBFeargal Ward

Masding has his work cut out at PTSB

Over the last couple of weeks, the two biggest banks in the country have reported multibillion-euro profits. In the case of AIB last week, the figure wasn’t far off what it made at the peak of the Celtic Tiger in 2006 and 2007. The remaining foreign lenders left in Ireland are also back in the black.

But what about the odd one out, Permanent TSB? ...