Full coverage: Finance

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.

The warning signs were there, yet very smart people entrusted their companies to SVB. It would seem to make no sense. Why is this happening?

To complete its conversion from feed manufacturer to green ag-tech solutions provider, Owen Brennan’s group needs more finance – and to attract new investors, it has promised to favour them in a future sale of the business. Will they match the valuation put on the group in recent internal transactions?

Barry O'Neill and his two brothers jettisoned corporate careers to launch a brewery. Less than a decade later, O Brother Brewing is exporting to nine countries and growing at 30% a year. The former banker talks strategy, missteps, and future expansion.

Ireland is emerging as a capital of the fund management company industry, and native Irish businesses are leading the way. Here is Waystone's CEO Derek Delaney on building an Irish financial services giant.