Shares in Keywords Studios are up 10x in six years. Is there anything left for investors?
February 5, 2020 5:55 amThere’s a moment near the start of the game Zelda: Breath of the Wild where your character comes over the... View Article
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Stolid Pearse Doherty’s radical plan: a much bigger, much more expensive state
February 5, 2020 5:55 amFor parties of the left, finance spokesperson is a critical job. That’s because left-wing parties are perceived as sympathetic and... View Article
Caveat emptor: Financial dark pools, junk bonds and the curious art of financial advice
February 4, 2020 5:55 amWhen Prime Minister Thatcher’s 1986 Financial Services Act allowed workers the freedom to opt out of Defined Benefit pension schemes... View Article
Having shadowed nine budgets, Michael McGrath makes his pitch for the finance ministry – and it centres on middle Ireland
February 4, 2020 5:55 amIn this in-depth interview, Michael McGrath talks budgetary policy and outlines Fianna Fáil’s ambitions to create a “decent society”. Specifically,... View Article
Access denied: The strange psychology and bad economics of open-ended property funds
February 4, 2020 5:55 amWhat’s a fund manager’s job? One might say it’s to make clever investments on clients’ behalf, or help figure out... View Article
Larry Bass: “People died in this country to protect Irish culture and language. 100 years later, we are just letting it just disappear”
February 3, 2020 5:52 amFor The Currency’s B2B podcast, Larry Bass spoke with Alison Cowzer about the business of Irish TV and football. Both... View Article
Eamon Ryan: “CRH, Ryanair, Glanbia, Kerry are all at risk – all in businesses that have a high carbon content”
February 3, 2020 5:43 amI meet Green Party leader Eamon Ryan in his Dáil office the day after the election was called. The Dublin... View Article
Aviva has stopped withdrawals from two property funds. Why are investors pulling out?
January 31, 2020 6:13 pmAfter months of outflows from Irish property funds, the situation came to a head today. Aviva Life and Pensions Ireland... View Article
End of a dream: As founders exit, what is next for food retailer Fallon & Byrne (and its environs)?
January 31, 2020 5:55 amIn late 2005 Fiona McHugh gave Irish Times food critic Catherine Cleary a behind the scenes view of her vision... View Article
Brexit briefing: The known knowns and known unknowns
January 31, 2020 5:35 amWe have now reached a moment of history. Today, at 11.00pm, the UK will leave the European Union, a major... View Article
