A string of large bets has seen Bernard Byrne installed as the firm favourite to succeed David Duffy as chief executive of AIB.

‘Impossible to say’ how long the process will take, committee told

David Murphy has his Munster senior championship campaign back on track after a last-shot win over John Creedon at Kealkill.

An improved performance by its Irish operations helped boost total group revenue at IFG by 4.6% last year, with pre-tax profits rising by over 3%.

Shares in specialist financial services company IFG slipped by nearly 10% yesterday after management moved to cool rising expectations that the company may be about to be acquired.

Strong new business momentum helped drive profit and revenue growth at pensions provider IFG during the first half of this year.

Financial services group IFG is likely to play an active role in an expected wave of consolidation within the financial advisory and pensions administration sectors, in the next couple of years.

The pensions, investment, and advisory group IFG saw an operating profit of £3.3m (€4.12m) for the first six months of the year, down from a £4.9m operating profit for the same period in 2011.

County SHC champions, Drom-Inch had a comfortable 0-21 to 0-12 win over Burgess in the third round at Dolla yesterday.

Martin Coppinger kept his Munster senior championship hopes alive when he beat James O’Donovan by five metres at Bauravilla on Sunday.

Shares in Irish financial services group IFG jumped by over 5% yesterday on the back of strong profit growth for 2011 and reaching agreement to sell its overseas division for €84m.

FAVOURITES Borrisoleigh powered their way past Carrick Swans at Semple Stadium last evening, their five-point winning margin giving them their place in the Tipperary Senior Hurling quarter-final against Mullinahone.

IFG, a Dublin-based financial services group, fell the most in more than eight years after it said talks on a takeover bid with Bregal Capital concluded without a bid.

FIORDLAND, the biggest shareholder at financial services group IFG, will make a significant profit on its initial investment should a €231 million takeover prove successful.

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

THE takeover saga at IFG is likely to be largely concluded by early August, the financial services group’s management said yesterday.

PAT BUTLER finished with three sensational bowls at Bauravilla on Sunday to win the Mick Crowley Cup final from Eamon Bowen Jnr and Gary Daly.

SHARES in Irish financial services group IFG jumped by 17% yesterday, in reaction to the business announcing that it has received a potential takeover approach.

AIDAN MURPHY won a place in the Munster senior quarter-final when he beat Edmund Sexton by almost a bowl at Baile Bhuirne on Monday evening.

FINANCIAL services group IFG has expressed interest in expanding its presence in the specialist pensions market in Britain, on the back of a strong set of 2010 figures, which came in ahead of market expectations.

IFG Group chief executive Mark Bourke said the financial services group’s full-year earnings per share should meet analysts’ estimates of between 18 cents and 20 cents.

IFG has said its Irish pension and advisory business is performing well – in terms of profitability and client wins – and that its entire operations have enjoyed a good first half to the year.

FINANCIAL services group IFG made pre-tax profits of €8.6 million for the year to December 31, 2009, well down on the €13.2m it achieved the previous year.

IFG’s acquisition of British pensions company James Hay Holdings, received shareholder approval yesterday and is now likely to be formally concluded within the next four-to-six weeks.

IRISH financial services group, IFG has reached agreement to buy one of the leading players in the British SIPP (self invested personal pensions) market for €38.5 million.

FINANCIAL services group IFG is hopeful of reducing its net debt levels by around €5 million by the end of this year.

GOALS were the difference in this meeting of neighbours in the Tipperary SHC quarter-final at Semple Stadium yesterday, the two second-half three-pointers by Mid-Tipp champions Drom & Inch enough to ease them onto a semi-final meeting with reigning champions Toomevara next Sunday at the same venue.

FINANCIAL services group IFG expects its Irish mortgage business to be loss-making in the second half of the year as lending volumes continue to fall.

The IFG Group has reported €19.5m drop in revenue from 2007 in its preliminary results for last year to December 31, 2008.

FINANCIAL services group IFG has strengthened its Irish-based pensions and investments division by acquiring two companies for almost €13.6 million.

THE weakness of sterling against the euro wiped out a 12% underlying profit increase at financial services group, IFG, resulting in flat pre-tax profits of just over €9.9 million for the first half of this year.

FINANCIAL services group IFG has said that it is on course to meet market expectations — in terms of financial results — after a strong beginning to the year.

IFG has reported a solid set of results for 2007, beating market expectations with adjusted earnings per share (EPS) up 43% to 24.17 cents.

In figures released today, financial services and mortgage broker group IFG announced pre-tax profits of €15m for the year ending December 2007, up 23% on the previous year.

The ISEQ-index of Irish shares ventured into positive territory this morning with a 68.83 point surge to 9400.39 points.

Financial services group IFG has appointed Gary Owens as chief executive of its Irish business.

ISEQ-listed financial services company IFG has reported operating profit of €7.9m for the first half of 2006, up from €6.2m for the same period last year.

IFG chief executive Richard Hayes has upped his stake in the troubled financial services company.

SHARES in IFG tumbled 14% yesterday as the financial services company issued a profit warning.

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