...Jim Stewart; Cillian Doyle Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study financial vehicle corporations (FVCs) and other special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a database of FVCs that are a central part of the shadow banking sector...

...Richard Brophy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to chart the chronology of insurance regulation in Ireland and evaluate the integration within European Union directives. Design/methodology/approach The approach used was to chart the development of insurance regulation in Ireland...

... with a number of key policy lessons for rapidly expanding economies. Keywords: Ireland, Regulation, Banking industry, Recession,Financial economy www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13581981011060808 This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 3, 2010, pp. 224-42, Journal of Financial...

... given to government and monetary policies, the practices of the financial regulator and banks during the property bubble, together with the difficulties associated with the international sub‐prime crisis. Findings While the global financial crisis exacerbated matters, the banking crisis in Ireland...