Full coverage: Stockbrokers

Davy will be hoping this blows over. Hopefully, it won’t. This is a bona fide scandal. Talk of cultural reform is all well and good, but it is hard to believe and hard to stomach.

The Central Bank’s €4.1m censure is only the start. Add in the legal bills Davy incurred over a multi-year investigation. Plus, it also paid out a multi-million euro settlement to the developer the firm wronged.

Ronan Reid led Dolmen Stockbrokers through boom and bust, before selling it to Cantor Fitzgerald. In this interview he talks about the journey. However, he also speaks about the sad death of his wife Karen, and how it forced him to question the balance of building a business and raising a family.

Chinese financial giant has dispatched a team to Dublin to seal deal for broker but faces challenge from Davy and Irish Life.