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Flexible in Dublin
It’s not all about the money: more Dublin firms are offering equity and flexible working to hold on to their most talented people. Joan Kehoe, managing director of hedge fund services company Quintillion, recently gave staff 25% of the equity in the company. “It’s a big chunk of equity compared to anyone else in our [...]
Make hay in M&A – and equity capital markets
This year alone, Irish companies expect to spend €10bn on foreign M&A activity, while action is hotting up on the new IEX market as well, with four or five companies predicted to float, the recent International Association of Investment Bankers (IAIB) conference in Dublin was told. “We’re coming into an up cycle, so there’ll be [...]
Citco cooks up more jobs in Cork
Citco Group, the world’s largest hedge fund administrator, is on a hiring binge in Ireland. The company says it has an additional 120 jobs to fill in Cork as its funds services business swells to ever-greater proportions. Citco announced in January 2006 that it planned to add 250 jobs when it opened a new hedge [...]
Management consultants seek finance talent (must have GSOH)
Ireland’s management consultancy firms have started wooing the country’s small pool of finance talent. They could have a battle on their hands. Accenture is hiring. So are Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unsurprisingly, Gavin Maxwell, senior manager at Accenture, says Dublin is a candidate-driven market (ie, there are more jobs than candidates). “New job opportunities are [...]
Tackling Ireland’s banking bullies
A survey by the Irish Bank Officials’ Association (IBOA) revealed last week that a quarter of bank staff have suffered bullying or harassment at work, while 43% said they had witnessed bullying of colleagues. In addition, over 75% of bank staff find their job stressful, citing staff shortages and pressure to achieve targets as the [...]
Dublin double for managers wanting MBAs
University College Dublin (UCD) Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business has introduced two MBA programmes designed for professionals in the country’s expanding financial services sector. The MBA in Financial Services and the MBA in Regulation and Compliance will both kick off in September. The part-time courses will be taught over two years in Dublin’s International [...]
Luring the lawyers
Lawyers familiar with complex financial products are in short supply in Ireland. And at least one local law firm is upping their pay. Matheson Ormsby Prentice (MOP) has raised the financial rewards it’s offering newly qualified, finance-focused lawyers in an effort to lure them through the door. MOP’s basic annual salary for newly qualified solicitors [...]
Corporate bankers are hot stuff
Corporate bankers who can develop and manage relationships are hotter than Ronan Keating in Speedos as demand in Ireland rises. When recruitment firm Robert Walters released its annual survey earlier this year, it noted that Irish demand for corporate relationship managers, credit analysts and loan administrators was warming up – particularly if they had specialist [...]
Citi cuts – more myth than reality?
Rumour has it that Citibank is on the verge of cutting tens of thousands of jobs. But Irish employees should avoid the axe. A spokeswoman for the bank tells us reports that Citi is gearing up for making 15,000 (or more) job cuts following a review of its cost base are totally unfounded. She adds [...]
Boutiques bereft of talent
Ireland’s investment boutiques are hiring. But a lack of local talent is forcing them to look overseas. “It’s hard to get the people,” says Damien Cahill, recruitment consultant at the banking and finance division of recruitment firm Qualitas People Solutions. “We normally look towards France or Italy as they have skill sets we don’t.” Another [...]
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