Showing posts with label NAMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NAMA. Show all posts
Friday, October 13, 2017

13/10/17: Debt Glut and Building Dublin

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Just back from Ireland, a fast, work-filled trip, with some amazing meetings and discussions, largely unrelated to what is in the 'off...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

23/8/17: Ireland: A Haven for SPVs?

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Ireland scored another ‘first’ in the league tables relating to tax optimisation and avoidance, staying at the top of the Euro area rank...
Tuesday, August 8, 2017

8/8/17: Irish Taxpayers Face a New Nama Bill

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Ireland has spent tens of billions to prop up schemes, like Nama and IBRC. These organisations pursued developers with a sole purpose: to ...
Monday, April 10, 2017

9/4/17: Nama's Missed Opportunities

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My Sunday Business Post article on Nama and the 'value-destruction' :  https://www.businesspost.ie/opinion/nama-missed-opportunity...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

29/1/16: And the IBRC Interest Overcharging Ship Sails On...

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Just after posting the Mick Wallace video link on Nama ,  a knock on my blog door left this nice little letter at the doorstep. ...

29/1/16: Nama and Value Destruction

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There is a neat video circulating around that sums up Mick Wallace's questions about Nama, worth watching:  https://vimeo.com/14393346...
Friday, January 1, 2016

1/1/16: Developers Questioning Banking Inquiry Report

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While we do not know what is in the Banking Inquiry report signed-off this week, concerns being expressed by the two developers , namely M...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

25/11/15: Nama: That Gift Horse's Mouth...

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Back in June this year, I posted about 10 most egregious cases of apparent mis-pricing of assets relating to Nama sales: http://trueeconom...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

26/7/15: That Seagull Flock Model of Public Governance: The Banking Inquiry

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Second, following the previous post on Nama , is the Banking Inquiry news: The Banking Inquiry also has now adopted the Seagull Model fo...

26/7/15: It Rains, It Pours... And Next There Can Be a Deluge ...over Nama

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When it rains, it darn well pours… in the case of Nama and Irish Banking Inquiry, the rule is iron clad. First, Nama: Just yesterday I...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

25/7/15: Nama: Some Colder Winds from the North...

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Ah, the Dear Nama, the outpost of taxpayers interests, the Beacon of the New Ireland (not to be confused with the financial company of the...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

16/7/15: Thinking of Nama, don't forget them IBRC junior IOUs sale...

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Having just posted on Nama's latest basking in the spotlight here , I came across this good old Namawinelake analysis of yet another d...

16/7/15: Nama: The Gift of Giving That Keeps on Giving...

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While Greece is limping to its Bailout 3.0, our national heroes at Nama are busy fighting massive (California-sized) forest fires. The N...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

11/7/15: For Nama, Karma's a generous bitch...

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Refusing to go away... Nama story of Stg7 million 'set-aside' and Stg15 million fees demand off Pimco (notified by the fund to Nam...
Monday, July 6, 2015

6/7/15: More Nama and IBRC headlines

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More interesting 'stuff' is seeping into the public domain from Nama and IBRC: Irish Times on PIMCO reporting to Nama an un-sol...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

4/7/15: Another Nama Story That Won't Go Away...

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While everyone is obsessed with Greece, our little island is quietly slipping into yet another Nama-linked scandal. Here we go - some link...
Monday, June 22, 2015

22/6/15: Of Nama and Cromwell via GAA

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A nuclear commentary on Nama from GAA (of all places):  http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/colm-orourke-nama-ove...
Friday, June 19, 2015

17/6/2015: Mr. John Flynn’s Letter to the Banking Inquiry

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Here is a letter by Mr. John Flynn informing the Banking Inquiry Chairman, Ciaran Lynch, T.D. about the issue of overcharging at the Anglo...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

17/6/15: Mr. John Flynn Letter to TDs on Anglo/IBRC/Nama Overcharging

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Here are the direct exerts from the correspondence sent by Mr. John Flynn to a number of TDs in relation to the Banking Inquiry on Decem...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

17/6/15: 10 Cases Worth Asking Nama About...

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So we are having an inquiry into IBRC on foot of an allegation that the 'bank' sold Siteserv asset at a loss to the taxpayers of so...