Market Talk

The stress test results for the pillar banks show us that a return to normality in the sector is still some way off

Richie Boucher, chief executive, Bank of Ireland: an embarrassing result in the most recent banking stress tests and Brexit make a dividend payment increasingly unlikely Pic: Bryan Meade
Fiona Muldooon, chief executive, FBD Pic: Maura Hickey

More egg on AIB and BoI’s faces

Last weekend, AIB and Bank of Ireland were still struggling to come to terms with the fact that they finished second and fourth from bottom in the league of Europe’s banks after the latest rounds of stress tests. Unlike previous health checks, ...