WestLB

Irish unit posted €42m net profit last year, 72% ahead of of internal forecasts

Attempt to sell EAA Covered Bond Bank fell through a year ago

British investment firm ‘cannot proceed’ with purchase due to regulators’ conditions

Deal may ultimately open new funding avenue for buy-to-let lender Dilosk

Recorded phone conversations with David Drumm revealed attitude to ILP loans

EAA Covered Bond Bank being sold under wind-up of German bank WestLB

‘German banks were not big lenders to Ireland’s pre-crisis domestic banking sector. British banks, US banks and offshore banks were’

D2 co-founder trained as an accountant, beginning her career with KPMG in 1992

Statistics involve first use of new methodology to allow greater comparison