Day: July 8, 2022
The IMF’s review recognises considerable progress in strengthening the framework for financial sector regulation, supervision and crisis management in Ireland. An increasingly large, complex and rapidly evolving financial system in Ireland raises new challenges for the future. Review makes targeted recommendations for further work, which will be considered by the Central Bank as it implements […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Published: July 8, 2022 at 6:15 p.m. ET Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. were rocketing 17% in after-hours trading Friday after Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc. . Digital World is a special-purpose acquisition corporation buying the company that operates President Donald Trump’s […]
GBPUSD moved upwards in response to the British Prime Minister’s resignation. The Pound Sterling is consolidating against the USD on Friday after a slight growth the day before. The current quote for the instrument is 1.1936. British politics took the stage yesterday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has quit after finding himself in the crosshairs […]
Published: July 8, 2022 at 5:08 p.m. ET Moody’s Investors Service late Friday downgraded its rating on Mexico’s sovereign bonds to Baa2, the next-to-last rung of investment grade, saying that the country’s economy will remain “constrained by weak investment prospects” and the “economic scarring” from the pandemic will not reverse. Moreover, Mexico’s fiscal prospects will […]
