The Irish recruitment scene is enjoying an upsurge in activity in recent times, as can been seen with this selection of new appointments and promotions.

A double-winning season is quite the foundation for Cork City’s new general manager to be starting from. But Paul Wycherley’s primary focus remains budgets and balance, he tells Martin Claffey.

The number of people in work in Britain fell by the most in more than two years in the three months to September, a sign that a Brexit slowdown may be taking its toll on the economy’s strong run of job creation writes William Schomberg and Estelle Shirbon.

The chief executive of Goldman Sachs has cast further doubt over the banking giant's future in London after Brexit in a provocative tweet that is likely to pile further pressure on the Government.

Sterling slid for a second day as the markets weighed up the potential Tory challengers to UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership and warned of more “choppy” times ahead.

Brexit is set to deliver a much-heralded jobs boom with over 80,000 new roles to be created - in Frankfurt.

A six-year push to impose a tax on financial transactions in the EU may have run its course, with Germany and France hesitating as they prepare for Brexit and a redrawing of the financial map.

Sterling yesterday rose to its highest point since September as weak inflation data in the US weighed on the dollar, while traders are increasingly betting on higher

The head of the IDA has revealed that Japanese financial services firms have expressed "a lot of interest" in a move to Ireland.

Vestia, one of the largest Dutch housing co-operatives, said it had filed a large claim against Deutsche Bank, alleging the bank had improperly sold it interest-rate derivatives.

Marks & Spencer is expected to report its first rise in annual profit in four years next week, fuelling hopes it has finally rediscovered a winning formula.

Business activity weakened in China and Japan in April and growth slowed in Europe and the US, suggesting the global economy may be less robust than policymakers are predicting.

A US housing regulator is set to take two of the world’s biggest banks to trial on Monday to try to recoup more than $1bn (€955m) in damages over mortgage bonds sold to government-run mortgage finance companies ahead of the 2008 economic crisis.

The sale of one of Britain’s longest dated inflation-linked government bonds yesterday drew strong demand — producing the lowest negative real yield on record for a syndicated offering of gilt linkers.

The NTMA will seek to raise a further €3bn-€4bn as early as today as it moves to refinance the remaining €9.5bn of IMF loans.

Twitter’s efforts to improve user engagement and growth rates are taking longer than expected to gain traction, prompting a wave of rating and price target cuts on the stock.

On one side of the Atlantic they’re trying to refill the punchbowl.

Barclays Plc saw the volume of US shares traded at its ‘dark pool’ rise to the highest since it was sued by New York for allegedly lying to customers of the venue. 

The Glazer family will make around $150m (€112m) by selling part of its stake in Manchester United although the deal will leave the Americans firmly in control of the English soccer club.

Bank of Ireland has raised €750m through a five-year covered bond secured against its mortgage book.

Bank of Ireland has raised €750m through a five-year senior unsecured bond at a yield of 3.337%, which compares very favourably to other eurozone banks of a similar profile.

Bank of Ireland will issue a €500m senior unsecured bond as early as today as it continues a move back to normal market funding.

ALVAREZ and Marsal, BlackRock, Oliver Wyman, Pimco: The names mean nothing to the average European.

The Irish banking sector took another step towards normalisation yesterday with State- owned AIB and Permanent TSB raising €1bn between them.

AIB is likely to go to the market today with its first senior unsecured bond issue since 2008.

Bank of Ireland could go to the market as early as today with a seven-year covered bond.

The FTSE 100 Index was buoyed by a much-needed session on the front foot today as attention turned to a key meeting of US policymakers later this week,

Tesco boss Philip Clarke will face pressure to deliver on his £1 billion turnaround plan today when annual results are expected to reveal a sales slowdown and the first fall in annual profits for 20 years.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed that six joint lead managers of the NTMA’s recent 10-year €5bn bond sale are toreceive €7.7m in fees.

British housebuilders received a Budget boost today after Chancellor George Osborne delivered a raft of measures to help Britons get on the housing ladder.

The National Treasury Management Agency has announced that it will seek to issue a new 10-year bond with a maturity date of March 2023.

Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena sought to calm investors over a trading scandal that has caused its share price to slump and led to much finger-pointing ahead of general elections next month.

The bill removes most threats to a recovery, but many issues remain, writes Jason Lange

Sainsbury’s received a boost ahead of Christmas today as new figures reinforced its position as the star performer among the “big four” players.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has slapped a fine of 200m yen (€1.93m) against Nomura Securities as a penalty for an insider trading scandal in which top executives resigned at the Japanese brokerage.

Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company as it declared a struggling online ad business a bust and prepared for one of the biggest product updates in its history.

World stocks dived today after a failure by Greece’s political leaders to form a coalition government set the stage for new elections next month, keeping Europe’s debt crisis centre stage.

An 11-year-old’s plan to solve one of the key questions at the centre of the European crisis — how to get countries to leave the euro — features unhappy Greeks and pizza.

Banking giant Barclays will report another multibillion-pound profit haul tomorrow despite a turbulent year for its powerhouse investment arm.

ROYAL Bank of Scotland’s decision to cut jobs at its investment bank, RBS Securities, by more than a quarter may kickstart a wider shake-up among its rivals.