Secure shredding services can save money, time and reduces risk
31/01/2012 - Irish Times, 13 December 2010 - 57% of respondents consider that Ireland’s data protection rules are not sufficiently robust. Data Protection Commissioner, Ireland - Of 32 organisations audited in 2010 the majority needed immediate remedial action.

Document Records Management
06/09/2011 - Do you know where your important documents are at any point in time? Maybe they’re in growing piles on your desk on in departmental filing cabinets, maybe even in your own warehouse or storage facility

2012 – A busy year for directors of collective investment schemes in Ireland
16/01/2012 - The regulatory spot light is firmly focused on directors of Irish collective investment schemes in 2012 as a result of the Central Bank's new fitness and probity regime and the new voluntary corporate governance code that came into effect on 1 January 2012. A brief overview of some of the requirements these directors will need to consider in the early part of 2012 is detailed in this article.

Investment Firms and the Alternative Investment Fund Mangers Directive
06/09/2011 - With Member States required to transpose the provisions of the Alternative Investment Fund Mangers Directive ("AIFMD") into national law by 22 July 2013, all fund managers of alternative investment funds ("AIF") who fall within its scope should now be investigating how to adapt their businesses in preparation for its introduction.

Sowing the Seeds for Fitness, Competence and Compliance in Spring/Summer 2012
16/01/2012 - The Central Bank of Ireland’s new Minimum Competency Code (MCC), effective from 1st December 2011, enhances the minimum professional standards for all persons who provide consumers with financial advice and products or undertake certain specified functions.

Central Bank of Ireland - New Fitness and Probity Regime
12/12/2011 - The Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (Sections 20 and 22) Regulations 2011 (the Regulations) have been enacted and the Central Bank has introduced its Fitness and Probity Standards (the Standards) under section 50 of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (the Act).

Publication of ESMA’s Final Report on the AIFMD
23/11/2011 - On 2 December 2010, the European Commission sent a request for advice to CESR (now ESMA) on the content of the implementing measures for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

Corporate and Personal Insolvency
03/02/2012 - Figures released by Vision-Net at the beginning of the year, revealed that the rate of company failures in 2011 increased by 20% compared to figures for the previous year.

A financial services sector fit for the future
12/12/2011 - It has been a year of flux in financial markets and also in the boardrooms of Ireland's financial institutions.

"It's an ill wind..." - Change in the IFSC and the inherent employment opportunities.
04/07/2011 - They say ‘It's an ill wind that blows nobody good' and that may well be the case for those looking for employment in the Irish Financial Services sector

IT companies battling brain drain, Prosperity
10/06/2011 - Companies in the digital sector in Ireland are struggling to fill jobs as professionals leave the country for better deals abroad. This is according to a salary survey by recruitment agency Prosperity.