Showing posts with label NTMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NTMA. Show all posts
Saturday, February 8, 2014

8/2/2014: Irish Mortgages Crisis: More of a crisis, less of a solution

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times column from January 19, 2014. With Dublin property prices and rental rates on the rise ...
Friday, July 20, 2012

20/7/2012: European Corporatism comes full circle

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A very important analysis from Edmund Phelps in today's FT (link here ) of the roots and core causes of the euro area crisis. Some ma...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

19/7/2012: Minister Noonan's 'valuations' & NTMA's latest scheme

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An interesting - and potentially revealing - contribution from Minister Noonan on the prospective ESM involvement in purchasing Irish banks...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

3/7/2012: Curb your enthusiasms?

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So, the NTMA have issued a (welcome) note that Ireland is to resume auctions of T-bills. The note states that " on Thursday 5 July 201...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

25/1/2012: Return to the Bond Markets

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According to the report in FT Alphaville (link here ) Ireland has 'returned' to the bond markets by carrying out a swap of a 4% cou...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

15/09/2011: Some observations on NTMA & NAMA statements to the Oireachtas Committee

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I was going over the statements issued by NTMA and NAMA to the Oireachtas Committee last week and was struck by some rather interesting bits...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Economics 21/9/10: This Little PIIGSy Went to the Market

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So here we go again: NTMA went to the market, ECB came along, the results are suspiciously identical (save for obviously increased costs of ...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Economics 23/8/10: ECB & IRL bonds

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Per report today: " FRANKFURT, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The ECB said on Monday it bought and settled €338mln worth of bonds last week, the hi...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Economics 19/8/10: Irish bonds & our fndamentals

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This is an unedited version of my article in the Irish Examiner from August 18, 2010. The latest Irish bonds auction was perhaps the most e...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Economics 18/8/10: NTMA's foray into bond markets wilderness

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As promised - a more in-depth analysis of today's data from NTMA auction. "The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should Ev...
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Economics 17/8/10: Another 'success' marks NTMA's foray into bond markets wilderness

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Wall Street Journal blogs have beat me to the analysis of our NTMA results. Four reasons can explain this blogs tardiness: I was doing Drive...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Economics 22/7/10: Irish bonds auctions - a Pyrrhic victory?

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“Despite Moody’s downgrade on Ireland’s credit rating on Monday, the NTMA successfully borrowed €1.5bn yesterday. Yesterday’s auction showed...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Economics 02/02/2010: NTMA and the banks

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Per RTE Business ( here which so far cannot be confirmed by any official material published on the NTMA website): The NTMA "will now h...
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Economics 07/01/2010: NTMA's end of year results

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Here is an interesting one: NTMA published their End Year review. Per statement (page 3 top): “The National Pensions Reserve Fund Discretion...
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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Economics 16/05/2009: NAMA Week & Irish Banks

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Having been up to my ears in planning for next week’s trip to Moscow, I missed the excitement of the NAMA finally imploding on Thursday and ...
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