The Chief Executive of the National Treasury Management Agency is to retire early in the new year.

The Government could pay back €10bn of the IMF bailout loans by the end of this year, according to Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has raised €3.75bn through the sale of a 15-year Treasury Bond today.

The National Treasury Management Agency says it welcomes the upgrade of Ireland’s sovereign credit rating by Fitch.

Ratings agency Fitch has upgraded Ireland’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default credit ratings to an A- and has said the country’s financial outlook is stable.

Fitch has upgraded Ireland's credit rating.

The NTMA will reduce the amount of cash balances it will hold and will look to raise a total of €8bn to €10bn by the end of 2015, according to its chief executive John Corrigan.

The NTMA has reduced the lumpy debt repayments falling due in 2016 through a combination of a bond buyback and bond switch with a combined value of €2,036.5m.

Almost three-quarters of Irish SMEs only approach one institution when seeking finance, according to a new survey.

Fresh signs the recession may soon be over emerged last night after an international credit rating agency showed surging confidence in the economy.

The first secretary-general of the Department of Finance recruited from outside the ranks of the civil service has resigned after only 18 months in the position.

The Central Bank may sell more of its holdings of the country’s bonds than scheduled this year, as yields on Irish benchmark notes hover at record lows, according to sources.

NTMA retirees receive more in their annual pension payments than over 70% of staff receive in their salaries.

The Government raised €1bn in a 10-year bond in its first scheduled auction in four years at a record low interest rate of 2.967%.

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has announced that it will hold a bond auction on Thursday.

The NTMA is considering the partial redemption, sometime this year, of a €10bn bond due for repayment in 2016.

State Street bank earned up to €800,000 in management fees from the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) after it was uncovered that the company had defrauded the State to the tune of €3.2m.

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has been named as one of six firms that were deliberately overcharged by State Street bank, according to Britain’s financial watchdog.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said 14 employees at the National Treasury Management Agency were paid salaries over €200,000 last year, even after public sector pay cuts last July.

Ratings agency Moody's has restored Ireland’s sovereign credit rating to investment grade and changed its rating outlook to positive from stable.

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

The NTMA added €3.75bn to the country’s cash pile through a 10-year bond at a yield of 3.543%, which was better than market expectations.

The Government has heralded big demand from hundreds of international investors who lined up to lend to the country in its first auction of sovereign debt since the end of the bailout.

The NTMA is set to launch a 10-year bond today that could raise up to €5bn.

The market is quite relaxed about Ireland exiting the bailout programme without a precautionary credit line, according to NTMA chief executive, John Corrigan.

The head of the National Treasury Management Agency has intervened to protect the interests of high-earners at the agency facing reductions in pay.

The NTMA is to wait until after the October Budget and closer to Ireland’s planned bailout exit before embarking on another long-term bond auction, although its successful short-term treasury bill sales will continue.

The head of the National Treasury Management Agency says Ireland now has enough money to return to the bond markets.

The National Treasury Management Agency says Ireland now has the ability to fund itself on the bond markets.

Fifteen employees at the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) earn more than the Taoiseach Enda Kenny — even after a 15% pay cut.

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.

While National Treasury Management Agency chief John Corrigan hails the news that his organisation has raised €5bn of 10-year money, the austerity programme is strangling life for many Irish citizens, says Kyran Fitzgerald

There was €985bn of public and private sector debt outstanding at the end of January, a 3% reduction compared with the same period last year, according to the Central Bank.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed that six staff at the National Treasury Management Agency shared bonus payments of €43,000 last year.

The head of the NTMA, John Corrigan, has promised to review the movement of personnel from his agency to the private sector following the latest high-profile defection of Michael Torpey to Bank of Ireland.

NTMA chief John Corrigan’s assertion that Moody’s sub-investment grade rating of Ireland is contributing to our massive borrowing costs is absolutely correct.

The credit ratings agency Moody’s will not be changing Ireland’s sub-investment-grade rating despite the improved economic performance and this week’s successful syndicated tap bond issue.

The yield on the syndicated tap bond issue on Tuesday was below the rate secured when Ireland had a AAA credit rating, but the spread against the 10-year German bund remains a concern, according to NTMA chief executive John Corrigan.

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has said that says Ireland is making considerable progress in its phased return to the markets.

One of America’s most successful fund managers likes to pick off investment prospects which are overlooked by the pack — and Ireland is reaping the benefit of his foresight, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

It would not have been possible for NTMA staff to detect the €3.2m fraud committed by State Street bank in London when it liquidated a €4.7bn fund on behalf of the agency, said chief executive John Corrigan.

State Street says it took swift and appropriate disciplinary action after a misappropriation of Irish State funds.

The head of the National Treasury Management Agency John Corrigan has said he believes financial services giant State Street engaged in fraudulent behaviour in "siphoning off" €3m in commission it should not have.

Portugal is going to have a tough time following Ireland’s route back into the bond markets.