Day: July 2, 2022

Jul 02
XPeng stock rallies after June deliveries more than double from a year ago

The U.S.-listed shares of XPeng Inc. XPEV, -4.60% surged 2.1% in premarket trading Friday, after the China-based electric vehicle maker reported big jumps in June deliveries from a month ago and from last year. The company also said it expect to begin accepting pre-orders for its G9 sports utility vehicle in August, ahead of an […]

Jul 02
Labour market recovery after the pandemic – Central Bank report

Q4 2021 saw 2.5 million people in employment, the highest on record. Strong employment was supported by the domestic labour force, with migration playing a smaller role Two groups drove this labour force expansion; under 25s and women over 35.  Evidence that there are longer running trends that have encouraged women to remain part of […]

Jul 02
Central Bank of Ireland hosts inaugural meeting of the Climate Forum and publishes Sustainable Investment Charter

Climate Forum will meet twice yearly and brings together climate change experts, industry representative bodies, regulated firms, and Central Bank representatives. Central Bank also publishes its first Sustainable Investment Charter. Charter provides a guide to apply sustainable investment principles to the Central Bank’s investment assets. The Central Bank of Ireland has hosted the inaugural meeting […]

Jul 02
Statement – Post CEO Roundtable

The Central Bank of Ireland welcomes the statement from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) following Tuesday’s CEO roundtable meeting, at which the retail banks set out the programme of work being undertaken by the sector to manage the migration of personal and business bank accounts. The work outlined focuses on the four areas […]

Jul 02
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Fraudulent firm clones Fire Financial Services Limited T/A fire.com and Fire

It has come to the Central Bank of Ireland’s (‘Central Bank’) attention that a fraudulent entity has been claiming to be a retail credit firm in the State in the absence of an appropriate authorisation. In this instance the fraudulent entity cloned and impersonated a legitimate Central Bank authorised firms in order to deceive consumers. […]

Jul 02
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Renfrew Capital Management (Clone)

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name Renfrew Capital Management (Ireland and Bermuda), formerly operating the website https://renfrewcapitalmgmt.com, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In this […]

Jul 02
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Parker Prime

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name Parker Prime (Estonia / United Kingdom) formerly operating the website addresses: https://parker-prime.com and https://clientzone.parker-prime.com, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate […]

Jul 02
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Scam entity clones authorised The World Markets Umbrella Fund plc

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name World Market Funds (Ireland), formerly operating the website https://wmfunds.co.uk/, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In this instance the […]

Jul 02
Boxer Mike Tyson’s cannabis company gets venture financing

Private cannabis company Tyson 2.0 said Thursday it closed an oversubscribed, $9 million round of Series A financing led by JW Asset Management, with investments from K2, Ambria Capital, Tress Capital, and Patrick Carroll. The investment round for the cannabis company named after widely known boxing champ Mike Tyson comes after its launch last year. […]

Jul 02
Kohl’s says Franchise Group takeover talks have ended without a deal

Kohl’s Corp. KSS, -19.64% announced Friday that takeover talks with Franchise Group have ended without a deal. Franchise Group FRG, -7.47% was the top bidder at $60 per share after Kohl’s engaged with 25 companies. “Despite a concerted effort on both sides, the current financing and retail environment created significant obstacles to reaching an acceptable […]