Global investors’ equity holdings rose to six-month highs in December on bets that US president-elect Donald Trump’s promised fiscal splurge would spur higher growth and inflation, a Reuters monthly poll showed.

Shares in Italian banks Banca Monte Paschi di Siena and UniCredit had mixed fortunes as both took steps to raise fresh funds.

Don’t bank on a sustained rally for sterling if the UK votes to remain in the EU.

UP to €4.7 million is to be invested in a new financial mathematics research centre by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Government body responsible for funding core industrial and other research.

Xnet, an Irish storage integrator, has successfully designed, installed and configured the first virtual storage site in Ireland at Pioneer Investment Management Limited Dublin premises.