Irish boss Bourke sticks with plan to IPO Portuguese bank after mini crisis
Novo Banco fired its chief risk officer earlier this month amid ‘suspicious financial transactions’
Mark Bourke
Irish led Portuguese bank dismisses chief risk officer amid ‘suspicious’ transactions
Lisbon-based Novo Banco said it has started an internal investigation and filed a complaint to the public prosecutor’s office
Former AIB finance chief advances plan to float Portuguese bank
Mark Bourke says shareholders agree ‘overcapitalised’ Novo Banco should no longer be barred from paying dividends
Irish executive Mark Bourke named CEO at Portugal’s Novo Banco
Former AIB chief financial officer held similar role in Novo Banco for past three years
Bankers’ pay low on political agenda
Despite the grumbles, pay restrictions look set to remain in place for the foreseeable
Dublin City Council faces six-year wait to start housing projects
Department should ‘give us the money and let us get on with it’, city council surveyor says
2019 sees Brexit deliver new banking giant as domestic lenders quiver
Tracker scandal rumbles on as domestic banks move to sell off problem mortgage portfolios
Former AIB CFO plans €800m Portuguese assets and loans sale
Mark Bourke took over as finance head at Novo Banco earlier this year
Bankers must prove culture has changed before pay cap goes
Report by consultants recommending changes given to Minister a month ago
Bank of Ireland chief financial officer to quit as pay cap bites
Andrew Keating taking up role outside financial services sector
Bank of Ireland’s company secretary to retire in August
Cantillon: Helen Nolan to be replaced by AIB’s Sarah McLaughlin
Government to get report on potential removal of bankers’ pay cap
Officials say €500,000 limit causes senior management to go elsewhere for higher pay
Irish Times Business Awards winners cross the line
Five categories are Business Person of the Year, Company of the Year, Chief Financial Officer of the Year, Deal of the Year, and Local Enterprise of the Year.
AIB deputy chair says pay restrictions ‘key concern’ for investors
Bank is considering the sale of a final batch of problem loans later this year
AIB may cut jobs as bad loans levels ‘normalise’
Bank would need to set aside provision of as much as €163m in event of no-deal Brexit
Irish banks still grappling with legacy issues a decade after crash
Despite signs of a return to health some problems remain as intractable as ever
AIB picks Galvin as finance chief as hike in dividend planned
Donal Galvin has been chosen to replace Mark Bourke, who is departing AIB to join Portuguese lender Novo Banco
‘The Irish Times’ launches second annual business awards
Business Person of the Year and other category winners to be announced at gala event in May
AIB conducts internal CFO search as Donal Galvin tipped
Bank will select new chief financial officer ahead of annual results on March 1st, say sources
2018 gave us falling AIB shares and the thorny issue of bankers’ pay
The year also saw the cost of the tracker-mortgage scandal top €1bn as lenders continued to set aside money for refunds, compensation and likely fines
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New AIB chief has long road to travel before raising bonus issue
Colin Hunt must first find new financial officer and deal with concerns over interest rates
AIB names Colin Hunt as new chief executive
Government-commissioned report seen calling for bankers pay boost
An Post seeks interest from mortgage partners by end-January
Company secured board approval in September for a new financial services strategy
Irish bank chiefs at lower end of pay scale among European peers
Permanent TSB chief Jeremy Masding registers as lowest paid
Questions raised over AIB €1.1bn problem loans sale to Cerberus
Bank denies it used accounting arrangement to boost profits artificially
Ireland’s two biggest banks can withstand a recession, EU stress tests show
Both AIB and Bank of Ireland survive EBA stress tests of Europe’s main banks
Why is the Iseq so weak when the Irish economy is flying?
Market beat: Underperformance of Irish shares contrasts with strength of economy
Bank union lukewarm on lifting executive pay restraints
Call for rank-and-file staff to be rewarded ahead of top bankers
Cliff Taylor: Donohoe must not rush to boost bankers’ pay or bonuses
Frustration at bank salary caps ignores fact sector smaller than era of boom-time folly
Stocks head for longest weekly losing streak since 2013
AIB shares drop 10% on resignation of CEO Bernard Byrne, but pull back before close
Return of bankers’ bonuses a difficult sell for Government
Analysis: AIB chief executive’s departure leaves department in tricky position
Banker pay in the spotlight as AIB chief Bernard Byrne quits
Move to Davy comes within months of CFO Mark Bourke signalling he was leaving too
Has the State missed the boat on cashing in on AIB?
Analysts agree that timing a share sale is far from straightforward
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