The Irish Times

How Lagarde’s flippancy led to godsend for EU governments fighting Covid-19

Market Beat: Emergency bond-buying programme is blurring the ECB’s mandate

Fri Mar 20 2020 - 17:47

State looks to raise €3bn as Middle East tension helps bond markets

NTMA on course to sell 15-year bond to cover almost a third of minimum full-year target

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 11:32

NTMA sells €1bn in bonds at a third of the interest rate set in January

Borrowing costs on the international markets have come down sharply so far this year

Thu Jun 13 2019 - 10:44

NTMA to hold bond auction in February

Agency aims to raise between €14 billion and €18 billion of long-term debt this year

Thu Jan 10 2019 - 12:01

NTMA sells €500m of 12-month bills before ECB meeting

Bills drew demand from investors for 2.37 times the amount of notes that were on offer

Thu Dec 13 2018 - 10:47

Brexit bedlam leaves Irish shares on course for biggest drop since crash

If there is a disorderly Brexit it will not be pretty for European assets or the euro

Fri Nov 16 2018 - 18:49

NTMA hoping to raise up to €3bn from green bond sale

Green bonds are aimed at funding projects that promote climate change mitigation

Tue Oct 09 2018 - 16:53

Ireland tipped to jump on ‘green bonds’ bandwagon

Green bonds are issued to finance climate and environmental investments

Mon Jul 02 2018 - 16:26

Ireland receives €2.8 bn bids for bonds

NTMA issued bonds due in 2020 and 10-year bonds

Thu Mar 08 2018 - 10:32

NTMA plans three debt auctions in first quarter of 2018

Agency sold €4bn in bonds last week with an interest rate of 0.9%

Mon Jan 08 2018 - 21:20

NTMA sells €4bn in bonds to beat the European rush

Ireland is first European sovereign to tap bond markets in 2018, drawing €14bn in orders

Wed Jan 03 2018 - 18:27

Ireland can boost ECB stimulus access, Draghi says

‘More ambitious’ bond sales schedule would mitigate concerns, ECB president says

Tue Nov 21 2017 - 05:10

State to pay less than zero rate on €4bn in bonds

NTMA raising money to help repay loans from IMF, Sweden and Denmark

Wed Oct 04 2017 - 15:38

Moody’s upgrades top Irish banks as AIB flotation nears

Ratings firm says while banks’ bad loans have fallen significantly, they remain high

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 18:38

NTMA sells €1.25bn of debt as investors eye French election

Demand for bonds maturing in 2026 down slightly on similar auction last month

Wed Apr 12 2017 - 17:13

McCabe fallout: Financial analysts unfazed at prospect of new election

Political instability in Ireland viewed as minor compared to European neighbours

Fri Feb 17 2017 - 06:30

ECB purchases of Irish bonds fall 45% as limits bite

About €19 billion of Irish government bonds estimated to be held by ECB

Tue Feb 07 2017 - 10:59

Riskiest AIB and Bank of Ireland bonds hit record highs on new plans

Analysts predict both banks will buy back riskiest bonds at earliest opportunity

Fri Feb 03 2017 - 18:39

Banks advance bond ‘bail-in’ plans under new European rules

AIB and BoI will set up holding companies to cushion depositors and taxpayers in a crisis

Fri Feb 03 2017 - 15:57

AIB: riskiest bonds’ surge helps pave way for IPO

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan says earliest window for share sale May or June

Mon Jan 23 2017 - 05:53

Markets may see another rollercoaster year in 2017

While Trump still looms large, a lot of the political risk will be closer to home

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 07:00

ECB Irish bond restrictions may be eased by NTMA, Central Bank

ECB likely to be able to limit fall-off in Irish bond purchases to less than 30 per cent

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 06:08

NTMA to increase amount of new borrowing

New target is to sell up to €13bn in Government bonds

Tue Dec 13 2016 - 17:56

Irish long-term interest rates hit highest level in 10 months

Concern over rise in inflation as price of oil surges after Opec agrees deal to cut output

Mon Dec 12 2016 - 18:26

Central Bank set to smooth impact of ECB bond buying restrictions

Draghi failure to ease terms means ECB likely to cut purchase of Irish bonds by half

Thu Dec 08 2016 - 20:08

Ireland faces ECB bond-buying guillotine if Draghi doesn’t budge

ECB nears maximum amount of Irish bonds it can buy

Tue Dec 06 2016 - 16:21

NTMA may raise €10bn next year after final 2016 sale

Debt agency sells €750m of bonds that are due to mature in 2030

Thu Nov 03 2016 - 15:51

NTMA to sell €1bn 10-year bonds this week

Debt agency has already raised €6.5bn in bond markets so far this year

Mon Oct 10 2016 - 18:26

Bank shares advance after upgrades by Moody’s

Analysts say Moody’s upgrades to banks’ deposit ratings welcome if unsurprising

Tue Sept 20 2016 - 17:14

Apple ‘pot of gold’ could be boon for Irish bonds

Windfall could cut national debt by up to 10 per cent and narrow German debt spread

Tue Sept 06 2016 - 08:03

Extremely low Irish borrowing costs unlikely to tempt NTMA

Irish 10-year government bond yields fall below 0.6% for first time in wake of Brexit

Wed Jun 29 2016 - 22:41

Irish bond market may turn volatile after initial subdued reaction

Yield on Irish 10-year bonds dip on Monday

Mon Jun 27 2016 - 09:32

Irish firms pile into ECB’s buy-up of corporate bonds

The bank is to begin buying corporate debt – and firms are happy to sell. But the strategy has risks

Fri Jun 03 2016 - 07:40

NTMA tops up bond auction with further €101m debt sale

State debt management agency sells six-year bonds following €750m auction

Tue May 17 2016 - 01:00