Andy Harbison, Director with the  IT Forensics team in Grant Thornton, discusses the possible hacking of the CAO website, the company responsible for delivering the results of the Leaving Certificate, the national exam which decides what university course students can register for.

Press campaign around the 2^nd anniversary of Insparo’s Africa & Middle East Fund, to highlight fund performance and company growth over the preceding twelve months.  Profiles of the company and the fund appeared in Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Financial News, MENA FM, HedgeNews Africa and FINalternatives

Peter Vale, a Partner at Grant Thornton writes an opinion piece on possible changes to pension and inheritance tax in December’s (2010) budget.

Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, President of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), the pan-European representative body, in interview with The Financial Times published on 19th July 2010, comments on the regulation of UCITS funds in the asset management industry.

Stephen Tennant, a Director at Grant Thornton, appeared on TV3 News on Monday (12 July) to give expert commentary on bankruptcy to Brian O’Donovan, TV3’s Finance Correspondent.

Nic Clavel, CIO at Scipion Capital, appeared on CNBC to provide commentary in the lead up to the World Cup exploring what the potential economic impacts are for South Africa in 2010

A pre-GAIM International conference story looking at how the hedge fund industry can win back support and more importantly clients.  

Ongoing management of the communications and public relations campaign for court-appointed Administrators (Grant Thornton) of Quinn Insurance Limited

To highlight a survey carried out by Grant Thornton International showing that Irish SMEs are calling for the implementation of a new accounting code.

Promotion of their commodities finance fund, originally launched in August 2007, which is a frontier market hedge fund that uses structured finance and asset backed lending to provide credit for companies and financial institutions operating in frontier markets. Since launch, the fund has returned 28.8% with positive performance in every month, making it one of the most successful CTF funds operating in the frontier market sector.

Support the QAT business unit promote and sell its flagship aviation security product to the UK and European business media and specialist aviation press, raising QinetiQ’s media profile and reputational reach and position CEO as a leading commentator.

The European Travel Retail Forum is the voice of European duty-free, a €3 billion a year industry. We strategically advise on and actively support the ETRC’s ongoing pan-European political and media engagement across a number of issues such as airport security, restrictions on liquids and gels and the impact of the Icelandic volcano.

Attract investment into the Future Fuels Partnership, on behalf of FCP, which is funding the construction of a £230mn renewable transport fuel plant in the North of England. The campaign promoted the social and environmental benefits of Future Fuels, as well the financial returns available to participants.

As part of the broader campaign to rebuild the reputation of the fund management industry throughout Europe, Efama produced a report covering the critical issues of addressing the long terms savings gaps in Europe as well as challenges in retail distribution of investment products.

Launch of the Nikko AM World Bank Green Fund, which will invest in World Bank bonds, which in turn support the financing of projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help countries adapt to the effects of climate change.