Its Chinese suitors may have decamped, but Goodbody is coming back into play with AIB expressing interest in taking a stake in Ireland’s oldest stockbroker.  AIB is one of at least three parties running the rule again over Goodbody which saw a deal to sell the business to Bank of China collapse on July 10 due to uncertainty caused by Covid-19.  The arrival of AIB onto the pitch would bolster the banks’ wealth management business, corporate finance division and capital markets arms.  AIB previously owned Goodbody but was forced to sell its 75 per cent stake in Goodbody for just…

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