Full coverage: Finance

Founded in 1966, IBI has worked on some of the most high-profile deals in Irish corporate life. But why has it decided to sell to a Japanese-owned investment bank? How does it plan to grow and what does this mean for dealmaking in Ireland?

Dealmakers Tom Godfrey and Ted Webb have been trying to sell their corporate finance advisory business for months. Now it is on the brink of a deal to sell to one of Japan's largest corporate brokerages.

When Kenyans gained access to credit, lenders targeted them with a "land grab". They harvested data and blacklisted large numbers of people for small defaults, says Lorcan O’Cathain, who wants to bring clarity to the sector with his business Money254.

Traders make money from market efficiencies, which financial economists say are vanishingly rare. Mamdouh Medhat explains why his firm is a fund manager academics can get on board with.

European capital markets union rarely makes headlines, yet BNP Paribas’s Derek Kehoe and European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness both insisted on its importance in interviews this week.

European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness wants to push new rules to ease the flow of capital across the continent before elections take centre stage next year. She also discusses green finance, Russian sanctions and her own future. Read or listen.

With offices shut and nursing homes locked down, Blackbee directed clients into the credit of offices and nursing homes. An update to clients shows how the investments are performing.

When we observe the yield on housing rising, some might be tempted to see that as evidence of a tilt in power away from labour and towards capital. But instead, it is a reflection of a housing system – and in particular a rental system – that is short on supply.

Since it was founded in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has advanced €3.5bn to 55,000 Irish SMEs. Over that time, its model has evolved and its remit expanded. CEO June Butler talks about the journey and reveals what is coming next.

Seema Hingorani was a powerful chief investment officer with responsibility for $160 billion in assets. But a twist of fate led her to build a new organisation to recruit women into the investment industry.