Vasileios Madouros of the Central Bank of Ireland
The Irish general election campaign will dominate the next seven days, with politicians producing all sorts of proposals and promises. Cynics will note that it’s also International Fraud Awareness Week. Noting to do with politics: this a global campaign led by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners to highlight the importance of fraud detection and prevention.
“Delivering a well-functioning financial system to support a changing economy” is the theme of this year’s financial system conference organised by the Central Bank. It’s being staged today at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
Some 300 delegates will be in attendance, and the event starts with a “fireside chat” between Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe who is taking time away from canvassing , and Vasileios Madouros, deputy governor with responsibility for monetary and financial stability at the Central Bank.
There will be keynote addresses from both Pablo Hernández de Cos, a former governor of Banco de Espaňa, and the Swedish economist Cecilia Skingsley of the Bank of International Settlements.
Gabriel Makhlouf, governor of the Central Bank, will be in attendance and is also due to address the Financial Services Ireland annual dinner on Wednesday, which is being staged at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Dublin.
The 11th annual Irish Funds UK symposium will take place on Thursday in London, with up to 1,000 professionals from the funds and asset management industry swapping insights. Once again the keynote speaker comes from the Central Bank: it will be Patricia Dunne, director of securities and markets supervision.
The Central Statistics Office will have updates on the residential property price index, tax statistics from 2023, and a labour force survey.
Eir’s third-quarter financial results are due on Thursday. Its last quarterly returns showed an annual 1pc increase in revenue to €320m, fuelled by growth in mobile customers.
Finally, the High Court is due to hear a petition today from the tailor Alias Tom to be wound up.
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