SERVICING an online gaming company that does $3.5bn of annual transactions has made jobs growth at Cork IT specialist Xanadu a one-way bet.

Cork has traditionally been home to offices of each of the big four accountancy firms, plus many medium and small practices, and now boasts shared service centres for large multinationals and outsourcing firms.

A GROUP of private pension investors, led by Quintas Wealth Management, has acquired a Bank of Ireland building as an investment, on a return of almost 9% .

Cork-based accountancy firm Quintas has merged with DMB & Co chartered accountants in Mallow, Co Cork, its second such merger in recent months.

ACCOUNTING graduates can expect rewarding careers and high salaries.

FINANCIAL services group IFG is set to update the market on the potential takeover battle for the business next week.

FINANCIAL services firm IFG has signed a “partnership agreement” with Cork-based Quintas Wealth Management that will lead to the creation of up to 10 jobs.

David O’Shea, investment manager with Quintas, examines how oil could have knock-on effects on other sectors

Finance consortium Quintas said tonight that negotiations with Cork City FC owner Tom Coughlan on the takeover of the club had stalled.

HOPES for a deal which would secure Cork City’s immediate future have receded with the consortium bidding to take over the club from current owner Tom Coughlan saying it now looks “increasingly unlikely” that such a deal will take place.

IT’S High Noon for Cork City today – if, indeed, the club even survives until then.

THE takeover of Cork City could go down to the wire, with complications arising out of recent transfer deals apparently posing last-minute problems for the consortium which has made an offer to buy the club.

TOM COUGHLAN says that the “primary reason” for his stated intention to step down as Chairman of Cork City is to help ensure a viable future for the club.

HAVING emerged battered but unbowed from the mother of all battles in the courts, Cork City tonight face up to a challenge on the pitch which is just about as tough as they come in the domestic calendar – an away date with reigning champions, cup holders and current league leaders Bohemians (7.45pm) at Dalymount Park).

Cork City FC owner Tom Coughlan is to launch an appeal in the Supreme Court today against an winding-up order by the Revenue Commissioners.

FAI chief executive John Delaney last night expressed his hope that Cork City will be allowed enough “breathing space” to see them through their current plight as they face the most crucial day of their 25-year history.

QUINTAS WEALTH MANAGEMENT announced details of its new Business Expansion Scheme (BES) fund, giving investors their first Cork-based opportunity to invest in a group of Ireland’s best small companies.

THE solar energy fund set up by Cork-based Quintas Wealth Management has raised more than its €40 million target from 300 Irish investors to fund projects in the Spanish energy sector.

A wealth management firm, based in Cork, is involved in a €40m renewable energy project in Spain which, it is estimated, will yield investors a minimum 11% return per year.

CORK-based Quintas Wealth Management has set up a solar energy investment fund at a cost of €40 million that is set to give a minimum 11% return to its clients.