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27 Jul 2020What the Top 20 Irish Legal firms can learn from the UK top 50
27/07/2020 - The top 50 UK law firms have a combined turnover £18.6bn and for 2018/19 they continued to make hay in the sunshine of a strong global economy and buoyant client demand. Overall revenue from fees grew by 7.3% year on year (8% in the previous year). -
24 Jul 2020July Jobs Stimulus Plan
24/07/2020 - On Thursday 23 July 2020, the Irish government announced details of the keenly awaited Jobs Stimulus plan. -
06 Jul 2020Investment Outlook July 2020
In the July issue of Investment Outlook, we discuss: how a new business cycle is starting. -
06 Jul 2020Pensions could be key to saving SMEs
As the dust begins to settle on the serious health problems that arrived on our door with the COVID-19 pandemic, attention is now turning towards the economic impact it has had on our country. Businesses are struggling to stay afloat while the economy slowly begins to reopen and forge a path out of this financial devastation. -
06 Jul 2020Key Weekly Data Points – week commencing 29/06/2020
06/07/2020 - Daniel Casali provides a round-up of key market activity during the week of 29th June. -
03 Jul 2020Four market risks to monitor
03/07/2020 - With lockdown life easing back to normality, there are tentative signs of a new business cycle emerging. As such, global equities rose 19% in the second quarter, the strongest rally for 11 years, a 72% retracement of the prior falls since COVID-19. -
02 Jul 2020Now is an opportune moment to give your finances a health check
02/07/2020 - The pandemic has created some financial planning challenges. Some people have faced an immediate and catastrophic reduction in income, while others have seen market volatility disrupt their long-term savings. Some may find themselves with spare cash as their household expenses have reduced. Whatever your situation, it is an opportune moment to give your finances a health check. -
30 Jun 2020The case for US inflation protected government bonds
30/06/2020 - Inflation has notably decelerated in response to the COVID-19 induced recession we are currently experiencing. However, over the medium term, we see scope for a revival in consumer prices, a topic we have discussed previously. -
26 Jun 2020
Key Weekly Data Points – week commencing 22/06/2020
26/06/2020 - Daniel Casali provides a round-up of key market activity during the week of 22nd June. -
23 Jun 2020Global economic recovery supports the equity rally
23/06/2020 - The sight of a queue can evoke a range of emotions. Despair, panic, frustration or perhaps patriotism for some British citizens. However, the queues outside shops on 15th June was a sight of hope for many. -
19 Jun 2020
Key Weekly Data Points – week commencing 15/06/2020
19/06/2020 - Daniel Casali provides a round-up of key market activity during the week of 15th June. -
17 Jun 2020
Tilting towards Emerging Markets over Developed Markets
16/06/2020 - The term Emerging Market (EM) was coined by author Antoine Van Agtamel in the early 1980s. Technical definitions vary, but generally an EM is understood to be an economy with a low to middle income per capita, which is transitioning from a closed economy to a more open market economy. -
12 Jun 2020
Key Weekly Data Points – week commencing 08/06/2020
12/06/2020 - Daniel Casali provides a round-up of key market activity during the week of 8th June. -
11 Jun 2020COVID-19 - Helpful guidance for Directors issued by the ODCE
11/06/2020 - The various business supports introduced by Government in response to the COVID-19 crisis have been both wide ranging and obviously welcome during a very challenging time. -
11 Jun 2020Extended Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS)
11/06/2020 - The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was introduced on 26 March to support the viability of firms and preserve the relationship between the employer and employee, insofar as is possible, by subsidising a portion of the employer wage bill in circumstances where the employer’s business has been negatively impacted by COVID-19. -
08 Jun 2020Market growth pains may favour value stocks
08/06/2020 - Value and growth are the two most traditional schools of investing. Value investors seek to find companies that they believe are undervalued. Growth investors seek companies offering capital or earnings growth that they believe will outperform the market.