The Irish Times

Davy’s obstructionism and eventual day of reckoning

Public will be sickened at any sight of Davy 16 profiting from firm’s sale

Fri Mar 12 2021 - 05:21

Davy crisis: Firm shuts bond desk, says no one linked to controversial deal is still at firm

NTMA earlier pulled Davy’s ability to act as primary dealer of Government bonds

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 19:47

Irish banks may cut up to 30% of jobs as customers switch online – Deloitte

Covid-19 crisis sees transactions shift online and lenders rein in costs

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 05:00

Bailed-out Irish banks face €1bn bad loan charges - analysts

Lenders on track for €525m in combined losses when they report Covid-hit first-half performance

Wed Jul 22 2020 - 09:02

Can Permanent TSB’s new boss keep the bank independent as it battles Covid-19 crisis?

The economic shock has thrown the problems facing Eamonn Crowley into sharp focus

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 05:38

Covid-19 set to drive €4bn in loan losses for Irish banks

Pandemic will wipe out capital due to be returned to shareholders

Wed May 27 2020 - 10:16

PTSB seen returning to loss amid surge in loan charges

First-quarter trading statements come against backdrop of unprecedented uncertainties

Wed May 06 2020 - 11:25

Irish banks’ €400m dividends plans echoed foolhardiness of past

Market Beat: keeping capital for lending is far more important than payouts

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 15:24

Death knell for dividends as firms try to save cash amid Covid-19 crisis

Slew of Dublin-listed companies scrap multimillion-euro dividend payment plans

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 05:15

Banks shares pricing in worst case scenario of €6bn in stress test losses – analysts

European Banking Authority defers examinations to 2021

Thu Mar 19 2020 - 12:44

Coronavirus prompts AIB to cancel London unveiling of strategic vision

Chief executive Colin Hunt will now set out three-year plan from Dublin office

Tue Mar 03 2020 - 13:21

Why Irish banks are now looking beyond vulture funds on problem loans

Lenders will look increasingly to pull whatever levers they can to boost returns

Fri Feb 28 2020 - 05:04

How Irish tracker mortgage scandal costs have topped €1.5bn

Explainer: AIB has to set aside a further €300m for expected compensation claims

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 18:03

Bank stocks rattled by UK capital and Brexit concerns

Sentiment towards sector dented as Johnson puts threat of no-deal Brexit back on table

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 19:28

Ulster Bank paying €500m dividend to Royal Bank of Scotland

Total of €3.5bn repaid via dividends to parent RBS since late 2016 - almost 20% cent of £15m bailout it received

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 10:08

AIB boosts State’s special dividend hopes with capital-enhancing bond sale

Offering attracts investor bids for seven times the amount of debt on offer, bank says

Wed Nov 13 2019 - 12:51

New mortgage lending to overtake repayments for first time since crisis

Mortgage lending on track to expand by 11% this year to €9.6bn, Davy analysts say

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 12:11

PTSB sells €300m of ‘bail-in-able’ senior bonds

Analysts say successful bond sale this week ‘bodes well’ for PTSB’s future bond-sale plans

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 17:43

AIB may buy back €500m of State shares in 2021

Recent slump in the bank’s share price has pushed out the timeline of special buyback

Wed Aug 07 2019 - 01:04

Ulster Bank says no. But is a tie-up with PTSB inevitable?

Market Beat: Analysts say joining the two institutions would boost the profitability of both

Fri Feb 15 2019 - 17:05

Ulster merger with PTSB could boost profits by 50%, Davy says

Analysts see likely resistance to scheme in Dublin and Edinburgh

Mon Feb 11 2019 - 15:06

Irish banks to hold 2½ times as much capital on mortgages as EU peers

Average standard variable mortgage rate 3.06% in October, versus 1.77% in euro zone

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 11:33

PTSB weighs shifting €1.5bn non-performing loans in bonds deal

Bank preparing to increase size of planned residential mortgage-backed securitisation

Mon Sept 17 2018 - 05:55

BofI raises €750m from bonds that would ‘bail in’ investors

Senior bonds issued by bank holding company established under new rules

Wed Aug 22 2018 - 15:36

AIB shares dip as Davy downgrades to ‘neutral’

Analysts lower price target to €5.45 from €5.65

Tue Aug 14 2018 - 20:39

AIB plans to return ‘serious lump’ of cash to shareholders

Bank has finally reduced its non-performing loans to average European levels

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 03:05

Banker bonuses expose chasm between Minister and AIB investors

Despite protests by investors, a decade after bailout banks still need push to do right thing

Fri Apr 27 2018 - 05:35

PTSB likely to sell €3.7bn non-performing loans at half par value, Davy says

If the disposal goes through this year it would push the bank into a €210m net loss in 2018

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 11:48

AIB and Bank of Ireland set to fare better in bank stress tests

Cantillon: EBA likely to be impressed by lowering of non-performing loans since 2016

Sat Feb 03 2018 - 11:45

Bank of Ireland reviews €900m technology plan as new CEO arrives

Francesca McDonagh set to assess IT scheme to take costs below 50% of income

Tue Oct 03 2017 - 06:00

FBD upgraded to ‘outperform’ by Davy

The stockbroker still doesn’t foresee a company dividend before 2019

Fri Sept 01 2017 - 08:53

Bank of Ireland’s new shares edge higher on first day of trading

Davy increases price target for bank’s new shares to €8.40

Mon Jul 10 2017 - 17:47

Davy cuts share price target for Permanent TSB by 4%

Stockbroker reduces profit forecast due to lower than expected impairment writebacks

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 15:32

Junk bond titans O’Brien and Coulson take different path to payback

Digicel plans to cut quarter of workforce as Ardagh plans to raise $300 million from IPO

Sat Feb 25 2017 - 06:59