Activists pressured the Central Bank for months over its role in facilitating the sale of bonds, with extra heat coming from the Oireachtas, legal academics, and a potential court case. What were the key concerns?
Fiscal policies and inflation have changed the way investors consider long-term government debt. Who wins?
The regulator is mandated to provide a high level of consumer and investor protection to those investing in securities markets. But is it doing this by continuing to approve the Israeli bond prospectus?
The leading opposition party is critical of the Central Bank’s role in facilitating the sale of Israeli bonds as the death toll in Gaza rises to over 53,000 and Israel moves forward with plans to take territory in the strip.
The eurozone will expand its fiscal stance at precisely the same time as the US is engaging in a fiscal contraction. This is one of a number of reasons why we should expect a much stronger EUR/USD exchange rate.
Significantly more sensitive to losses than gains, and increasingly driven by an accelerating news cycle, pension savers are persistently destroying their wealth.
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.
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