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Irish assets account for 3% of €145bn in occupational and private pensions

Deal-making in the financial advisory business has been gathering pace in recent years

Analysts forecasts suggest it will be difficult for O’Leary to hit the profit target laid out in his share options plan

Takeover completed last month in deal said to be worth about €2.5 billion

US private equity consortium has €6.67bn on the table

Bank bosses all received pay hikes while Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary recently extended his contract with a big package of share options

Figure for last year is a 24% increase on 2024, mainly driven by higher dividends paid by DAA and Eirgrid

ISS recommends that investors vote in favour of PTSB’s sale to Bawag at upcoming shareholder meeting

Agency has issued €9.5 billion of benchmark bonds in 2026

Backpackers more wary of travelling, with demand in Asia and Oceania worst hit by conflict

Irish Takeover Panel agrees one week extension to eve of group AGM for suitors to confirm bid or walk away

National Treasury Management Agency warns that interest bill on track to double to about €6bn

Polystyrene cup heir sitting on at least $3.66bn of paper losses on his stake in bookmaker Paddy Power’s parent

Merger creates international business with revenues of nearly €1.26 billion