Category: Syndicated

Govt wants Central Bank in financial sector forum

April 29, 2019By Practicenetcentral bank, Syndicated

Govt wants Central Bank in financial sector forum New structures to encourage the development of international financial services will include bringing the Central Bank into a new stakeholder engagement group with industry and see overall responsibility for promoting the sector shifting to the Department of Finance. A new strategy for the sector will be launched […]

Increase in value and volume of mortgages drawn down

April 29, 2019By Practicenetmortgage, Syndicated

Increase in value and volume of mortgages drawn down There was an 8.9% increase in the number of mortgages drawn down in Ireland in the first quarter of this year, according to the body representing the banking, payments and fintech sectors. Figures published by the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland show 8,577 new mortgages, to […]

Rich nations must help workers adapt to automation, says OECD

April 26, 2019By Practicenetautomation, Syndicated

Rich nations must help workers adapt to automation, says OECD Robots and computers threaten 14% of existing jobs over the next 20 years, so countries must retrain workers for a transformed labour market, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned today. In a report, the OECD estimates that in addition to the destruction […]

Prize Bonds sales reach €574m in 2018 as fund grows to €3.4 billion

April 26, 2019By Practicenetprize bond, Syndicated

Prize Bonds sales reach €574m in 2018 as fund grows to €3.4 billion The Prize Bond Company has reported gross sales of €574m, the second highest year on record after sales of €567m in 2017 and €670m in 2016. The Prize Bond Company, which administers prize bonds on behalf of the National Treasury Management Agency, […]

90.3% of new SME lending from top three lenders – Central Bank report

April 26, 2019By Practicenetlending, Syndicated

90.3% of new SME lending from top three lenders – Central Bank report A new report on lending to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) shows that credit demand remains low, while over 90% of new lending comes from the main three lenders here – AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank. The Central Bank’s […]

Record number of women in workforce

April 25, 2019By PracticenetSyndicated, workforce

Record number of women in workforce A record number of women were in the workforce last year, according to the latest figures from Eurostat, with 78,000 more women at work than in 2014. Overall, there was in excess of 804,700 women in the labour market, resulting in a participation rate of 77.2%, up from 72.5% […]

No State spending spree: expenditure here stands at lowest share of GDP in the eurozone

April 25, 2019By Practicenetgdp, Syndicated

No State spending spree: expenditure here stands at lowest share of GDP in the eurozone Data released by Eurostat, the statistics arm of the EU, shows that Government spending here as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) is the lowest in the eurozone by a long way. At 25.7pc, it comes in well below […]

Apartments on the rise as house-building slows

April 25, 2019By Practicenetconstruction, Syndicated

Apartments on the rise as house-building slows The number of apartments built here increased 64pc in the first three months of the year, driven by investment from so-called ‘cuckoo funds’. At the same time there has been a slow-down in the pace of new house-building, which has clocked up the slowest increase since 2013. The […]

EU debt levels up in 2018 but debt-to-GDP ratio down

April 24, 2019By Practicenetdebt, Syndicated

EU debt levels up in 2018 but debt-to-GDP ratio down Government debt levels rose in the European Union last year, according to Eurostat, but economic expansion in the region pushed the overall debt-to-GDP ratio down. The countries that use the euro had a combined debt of €9.86 trillion in 2018, up €99 billion (1%) year-on-year. […]

Less than half of all employees have a private pension – CSO

April 24, 2019By Practicenetpension, Syndicated

Less than half of all employees have a private pension – CSO Less than half of all employees in Ireland were saving towards a pension last year, according to the Central Statistics Office. Its survey of pension coverage in the third quarter of 2018 found that 47.1% of all people in employment were contributing towards […]

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