The IMF and EU review mission teams on the ground in Athens continue their work, and there is plenty of speculation that they will be done by tomorrow, Friday. There was a denial today of an emergency meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels on Monday next 6th June but that is still the date [...]
Archive for June 2nd, 2011
GreekWatch (Day 9 of 13) – Moody’s downgrade steals show; troika statement expected on Friday
Posted in Greece, IMF, Irish economy, Politics on June 2, 2011 | 8 Comments »
NAMA offering lucrative bribes to developers to secure co-operation
Posted in Developers, NAMA on June 2, 2011 | 26 Comments »
Apparently Frank is now making an offer which you might find difficult to refuse if you’re a developer. This worked example would seem to be how the deal works. You are a developer with a €100m loan on a development. NAMA bought the loan from your bank for €42m NAMA gets your business plan and [...]
EXCLUSIVE: INBS insolvent. What now for government promise to not inject “another red cent” unless senior bondholders are burned?
Posted in Banks, IMF, Politics on June 2, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I am a little confused by the way in which Irish Nationwide Building Society’s (INBS) results for 2010 were released. Most mainstream media carried reporting on the results on 20th May, 2011 (for example here and here). There was a press release on the INBS website on that date which summarised the results for 2010. [...]