Investors are becoming increasingly worried about the effect of a new Trump presidency. Gold prices have already reached record levels and a Trump administration will have profound implications for savings and investment decisions.
French bond rate spreads could blow out if Emmanuel Macron’s high-risk election gamble doesn’t work out. This time, the euro is safe, however.
Tit-for-tat economic sanctions and rising interest rates have taken their toll on the Dublin office managing the liquidity generated by Ikea retail stores around the world.
Granted, Credit Suisse was a bad bank. But it's unsettling to see any bank with a thick capital cushion going to the wall.
Silicon Valley Bank's collapse has been noted by Irish bank shareholders. But that doesn't mean the banks are at risk.
It was the UK and the Bank of England last week – and it could be the eurozone and the ECB in the firing line over the coming weeks. I’ll be keeping a closer eye on Italian bond spreads.
An inverted yield curve is a scarily accurate predictor of recessions – and we're very close to one. What is it, what causes it, what should we expect?
Unlike Russia’s biggest banks, which are state-owned and cut off from western debt markets, Alfa Bank has been using Ireland to raise more and more funds from investors. An investigation by The Currency charts the money trail.
Four significant media and entertainment investors used a complex Berlin bond tax scheme to essentially wipe massive sums off their tax bills. Now, in a major decision, the High Court has ruled in their favour.
The farmer-owned co-op is regaining full control of Glanbia’s Irish operations in a €300m deal. This will now be largely funded by debt secured on the group’s listed shares, reducing the need to sell under-valued stock.
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