What did bankers do wrong exactly? Sometimes I have to wonder where the blame-game changed course and the organisations with no commitment to societal well-being were bur... Continue reading
Property Tax 2009: non-principal private residencies €200 The Local Government Act 2009 introduced a €200 annual charge for owners on non-principal private residences The charge applies main... Continue reading
How many kicks can a broker take?! How many kicks can a broker take before rolling over and crying 'uncle!'. A whole bunch it seems. Today AIB informed the intermediar... Continue reading
What is the mortgage market like lately? People ask me 'how is business' a lot, is it macabre fascination or do they want to hear something reassuring? I don't know, but my gen... Continue reading
The future of compensation in financial services (perhaps!) I wrote before about the errors of compensation in financial services, in a nutshell people were earning money for short term performan... Continue reading
A phone call with Bob Frank, author of ‘The Economic Naturalist’ One of my favourite things to do is to talk to the people who write the books I love, often they are hard to reach, others are surprisi... Continue reading
Irrational banking, non-competition creating profits unexpectedly. That banking in Ireland is a little irrational at present is a given, however, there are occurrences in the market which will change pr... Continue reading
‘Fix or forever hold your tongue!’, A floor on Rates (with a rise likely!) Rates likely to rise as per AIB's statement, and PTsbs actions, what we are trying to tell everybody, in clear English is this: 'If you... Continue reading
The Economic Naturalist, Robert H. Frank (book review) Robert H. Frank of Cornell University wrote a great book called 'The Economic Naturalist, why economics explains almost everything', it... Continue reading
Twitter tested on commercial viability Today I will tweet something that (if you clicked on a link that brought you here) has been on my mind for a while, namely - will peopl... Continue reading