MetaVC Partners, the US venture capital fund backed by Bill Gates and co-founded by Bray-born entrepreneur Conrad Burke, has closed its first fund after raising $62m (€56m) to invest in innovative technology.
Around the time of Ireland’s EU-IMF programme daily movements in bond yields and spreads often attracted media attention – providing a running commentary on how markets viewed the success, or failure , of efforts to bring the crises in the banking sector and public finances under control.
The Central Bank of Ireland has said it has received a “significant volume” of derogation applications mostly related to EU sanctions against firms and people sanctioned over Russia’s war in Ukraine.