Organisation: Bank of International Settlements

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

business

Ireland must walk a delicate line amid the offshore scandals

Kyran Fitzgerald tracks the rise and rise of a trillion-dollar global industry designed to avoid taxes, protect the wealth, and much worse.

business

Banks under spotlight over dividends

business

New generation of companies begin to move as old banking model fails too many

business

Tsipras banking on last-minute debt deal

business

Time for emerging economies to fasten their seat belts

comment-analysis

Financial warfare is the new global warzone

Middle-class jobs set to be squeezed further

Recent US research suggests that not only are many recoveries from crashes jobless for a long time, but that they also see the destruction of large numbers of middle- class jobs.

Sat, 28 Apr, 2012

Euro crisis still very much alive and pressing

It hasn’t gone away, you know. The euro crisis. It’s back, waxing and waning.

Sat, 14 Apr, 2012

Central Bank appoints new deputy governor

The Central Bank of Ireland has today announced the appointment of Stefan Gerlach as deputy governor.

Wed, 13 Jul, 2011

IMF ‘reluctant’ to contribute to €90bn bank bailout

THE IMF is reluctant to contribute towards bailing out Irish banks and as a result the major part of the estimated €90 billion loan is expected to come from the European Commission and member states, according to EU sources.

Wed, 24 Nov, 2010

State gains €825m on AIB and BOI stock options

THE STATE’S rescue of Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks has resulted in an €825 million win for the taxpayer as a result of the state holding options on a 25% stake in each of the banks.

Tue, 08 Sep, 2009