Glanbia chiefs meet the activist investor urging radical overhaulSenior executives of the food and nutrition giant met Clearway boss Gianluca Ferrari to discuss his proposals to split the food and nutrition giant into two separate companies
Joe Gill: An ‘Irish IPO Fund’ could boost our anaemic stock exchange Last year, just two Irish companies tapped the stock exchange in this country for equity finance using an IPO. Why is there so little activity, and how can we change that?
Higher interest rates to act as a correction for stocks, Goodbody saysTech stocks and cryptocurrencies first to lose value as ten-year bull run comes to an end
The twelve deals of the yearIn a year that saw many Irish businesses forced to reinvent themselves or even close, the flow of deals kept coming, as these 12 transactions show
AIB formally completes €138m Goodbody acquisition after Central Bank approvalBank this morning completed takeover of the stockbroker
Out of office: Central Bank approves Goodbody acquisition; grocery market declines Your essential round-up of the latest business news
Company Watch: Hat-trick for Hunt as AIB goes from strength to strengthA €138m acquisition of Goodbody, a joint venture with Canada Life and a successful securing of Ulster Bank’s corporate and commercial loans have made it a fortnight to remember for the chief executive and his bank
Buoyant market: Why private equity deals are surging after lockdownAfter a brief lull when Covid-19 first hit, the deals pipeline is ‘on fire’ again thanks to a flurry of activity and a raft of investments into sectors considered to be Covid-proof
AIB staff who move to Goodbody won’t be paid more than €500k cap, bank boss saysPay for about 30 employees who transfer to stockbroker in acquisition deal will not exceed bankers’ cap introduced after state bailout
Apartment construction most heavily impacted by lockdown, Goodbody saysAccording to the latest Goodbody BER Irish Housebuilding Tracker, around 4,000 units were completed in the first quarter of 2021
Matt Cooper: Davy has form, but it might not be business as usual this time Financial sleight of hand and Davy have a history, beginning in 1993 with a corporate/political crossover scandal involving the sale of the state’s Greencore shares
Goodbody staff will still get bonuses as €135m takeover by AIB is approvedStockbroker will not be subject to 89 per cent bonus tax but bankers’ pay cap will stay in place as part of deal, Minister for Finance says
TEKenable secures €1.6m from Goodbody fundDeal will allow tech firm to expand into Britain and other European markets
Ian Guider: AIB set to broach Goodbody bonusesIt will be a big ask of a government battling Covid-19 and its economic fallout to wave through generous financial packages for a few hundred employees
Value of Grafton Street stores fell by a quarter in 2020Rents on Dublin’s best-known shopping streets also declined substantially while shopping centres and retail parks performed better, report shows
Why 2020 was such a big deal for a host of Irish firmsFrom Asavie’s €121 million sale to Pointy’s payday many early investors were rewarded for keeping the faith