The best companies have one thing in common: they're good at keeping competitors off their patch. In the language of finance, they generate sustained economic profits. This is how they do it.
In 2008, the Dutch property market had already peaked and the ACC Dutch Property Fund IBV was in meltdown. In a major investigation, we reveal the tactics used by ACC to help convince 150 farmers and retirees into investing in a collapsing market.
The low-key draft investment agreement between the EU and China is not a free trade deal, but if confirmed, it could remove barriers for Irish companies looking to move into the EU's largest trading partner.
The largest impediment towards institutional investment in Bitcoin has been the lack of established custodians in this sector. This is now changing, and there is a grudging acceptance that cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
Directing pension savings towards ESG investment in Ireland is no mean feat, but there is now a widely shared expectation that Joe Biden’s election will make it more mainstream – and more profitable.
Tom O’Gorman has had spectacular success investing in oil, gas, property, and businesses. At 69, he tells Tom Lyons how he is hungry to do more deals and has up to £20 million to invest.
Irish Life’s pensions business, comprised of corporate and retail pensions, is the biggest in Ireland with a 36 per cent market share. An analysis of its funds, with a total of €21 billion in assets, shows consistent underperformance against benchmarks.
Warren Buffett is among authors and investors on a quest to find the intrinsic value of a stock and compare it with its price. Here is how they do it.
John Feehan is the former CEO of the Six Nations, while Derek McGrath ran the European Rugby Cup. Now, they have launched a new business, Sport2Sport, which aims to help sports organisations, event owners and brands deal with Covid-19.
Three years ago, a London firm specialising in environmental infrastructure deals connected a Cork solar company with UK investors in the billion-pound league. Now Amarenco is taking its advisors to court.
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