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Finally, there are some signs of life in Irish corporate finance recruitment
If you work in a corporate finance role in Ireland, you don’t need us to tell you that new job opportunities have been thin on the ground in the last two years. Now, however, there appears to be a renewed appetite to hire. According to recruitment sources, the Big Four professional services firms have been [...]
All this advisory work, and no one in Ireland to take advantage of it
One of the upsides of all the restructuring and capital raising within the Irish banking sector is the lucrative advisory fees on offer, which could potentially spur a raft of front office hiring within the local corporate finance firms. Unfortunately, though, the benefits of this are largely being felt overseas. In the last week alone, [...]
GUEST COMMENT: Why newly qualified accountants have no reason to leave Ireland
It’s safe to say that newly-qualified accountants have had a rough ride in Ireland over the last 12 months. With redundancies rife and job opportunities thin on the ground, increasing numbers have taken the decision to hop over the Irish Sea and look for a new position in the UK. However, there have been reasons [...]
Irish banks looking in-house for corporate finance advisory work
Ireland’s largest banks are either raising cash through rights issues or selling assets in order to bolster capital reserves. While the international investment banks will be vying for the lucrative advisory fees on offer, it’s also music to the ears of the firms’ internal corporate finance divisions. Bank of Ireland is seeking line up a [...]
Irish banks building teams in preparation for NAMA
The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) may have unveiled some key appointments in the last couple of weeks, but it’s also spurring healthy levels of recruitment within Ireland’s banks ahead of the agency going live. As the banks start to work through the implications of NAMA, they’ve been compelled to add to their ranks, say [...]
Boom time for insolvency accountants
One of the unfortunate consequences of the Irish economy remaining in the doldrums last year was a massively increased rate of insolvency among businesses in the country. Sadly, this doesn’t look like abating in 2010, but the upside of this is increased job opportunities for accountants with expertise in this area. According to data compiled [...]
Would you work for Ireland’s new “bad bank”?
The formation of a “bad bank” for domestic institutions’ floundering loan books following yesterday’s emergency budget could actually create some job opportunities for those brave enough to apply. The government has taken a fairly bold decision of creating a National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) operating under the National Treasury Management Agency, which will take-over an [...]
Bank of Ireland joins the renewable energy jobs jamboree
Renewable energy is proving to be something of a much-need source of recruitment for financial professionals in Ireland lately, and Bank of Ireland’s decision to assemble teams dedicated to the sector and earmark €200m for project finance deals is another sign of its potential. BoI has launched a €100m fund for investment into renewable energy [...]
Bankers staying put in spite of salary controls
The Irish government is set to keep a tighter grip on salaries within the six domestic banks covered by the state guarantee. However, this is unlikely to sway staff away from these institutions towards independent firms. Minister for finance, Brian Lenihan, has set up a committee to ensure “proper controls” over salaries within the six [...]
Our predictions for Irish financial services recruitment in 2009
Want to know where the jobs will and won’t be in Ireland next year? Here’s our considered opinion… 2009 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR JOBS AND HIRING IN…. Insurance Towards the end of 2008 there were some encouraging signs for Ireland’s insurance sector. Quinn Insurance announced the created of 100 jobs in Cork, with [...]
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