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Things moving today Steve ! There is some news in the mix today . About securitisation , saw that in the news section of iii.co.uk .
Shooting up a little at the moment . 10 cents spread though .
ALBK have an EGM today . A formality to approve NAMA . Price is shooting up at the moment !
Some After Hours trades this evening . Look's like 4 to me . Some Bigger money coming back in maybe ? 16:53:53 22-Dec-2009 3.09 11,470 35,485.89 Negotiated Trade - delayed publication requested 3.11 3.10 16:45:15 22-Dec-2009 3.09 4,100 12,684.58 Negotiated Trade - delayed publication requested 3.11 3.10 16:41:08 22-Dec-2009 3.09 26,733 82,706.56 Negotiated Trade - delayed publication requested 3.11 3.10 16:35:49 22-Dec-2009 3.07 15,000 46,065.00 Ordinary Trade 3.11 3.10
To the best of my simple knowledge the restructure is to allow the banking and insurance divisions to be separated , so that IPM has more options going forward . This restructure was flagged earlier in the year so it's not real new news . The insurance divisions is performing better than the banking division and they might want to concentrate more on that aspect . There was also talk of AXA insurance being interested in the Insurance side . The Government is interested in merging IPM's Banking side with EBS and Irish Nationwide , and IPM probably wanted to retain it autonomy . EBS and Irish Nationwide will need some extra government capital , so the merged entity would have a degree of Government ownership and control , while IPM would probably like to retain it's Independence . The restructure would allow it to retain it's independence over the insurance side of things . That's my reading of this restructure anyway .
YahOO ! IPM ! In profit again ! EGM must have gone good here ! Very strong buy !
OVERVIEW of Irish Life : (3.30) Re-structuring play to unlock the value of the Life company and solve the capitalisation and funding issues at the Bank. There were negative details contained within the IMS re Commercial property exposure which were clearly disappointing and the market reacted very badly to the news. The negative in the IMS is that Recapitalisation requirements to get to 8% Equity Tier 1 has increased to c. €1B and it is significant compared to the current market Cap of the company but our end 2010 embedded value forecast for the life business is €1.5B or c. €5.40/share. The general insurance associate holding at book value adds an incremental 50c/share. Assuming that confidence in the embedded value returns (i.e. the downward revisions/surprises stop) and the valuation pulls to 1x (compared to an historic range above 1.4x reflecting the strong franchise and growth potential and an estimated 0.65x currently) and the general insurance associate is valued at book , we derive a fair value per share estimate of Eur10.46. Opinion's Copied from Liam's Blog . And he know's about these things ! http://liamslastpost.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=50
Wow this looks good !
I reckon that IPM are a Good punt . We are coming up to an EGM so the price will go down . Post EGM these should fly again . Totally just my opinion . They've also announced job losses today which is bad bad news to the ordinary indivual but might be good news to the markets .
Very Bullish News Headlines for both ALBK and BKIR imo . FBD Holdings PLC - Holding in Company Form TR1 UPDATE 2-Bank of Ireland EU plan sees no more state bailout Allied Irish won't cash in "bad bank" bonds at once Allied Irish says wants to keep Polish unit Allied Irish: would be wrong to withdraw from Poland UPDATE 2-Bank of Ireland EU plan sees no more state bailout Bank of Ireland rights issue unlikely in 2009 Google any of them to find out more ! Good Luck today !
They were talking about this earlier in the year . It looks like they are going ahead and doing it . They have a good bit of information about it on the IL&P website . It's more or less a restructure of the Group and the number of shares will remain the same but will be called by a new name . Thats a very quick explanation . There's an EGM coming up soon so you could go to it and find out more . I'm holding mine in a Spread Bet so I don't think they'd let me in to egm .
Looks to have bottomed now and turning up . I'm in at 4.70 , so looking to recoupe a fair deal !
Whats this stuff ?
Re:Mary has signed ! Hurray ! Good on ya Girl ! Madame President ! Thanks Nimbled ! http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSGEE5AL0FP20091122
These had an announcement a few days ago about their outlook for mortgage arrears etc, that wasn't 100 % rosy . And they are down a bit since . After a few days people will forget the bad news and they'll rise again ! IMHO etc ! Good Luck !
Hello Eccles !
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The following is copied off iii ALBK board . Looks like great news for ALBK ! What's more - 5 year unsecured and unguaranteed - 1.8 times oversubscribed - last line says it all..... Allied Irish Bks Announces EUR750M 5 Yr Snr Bond IssueLast update: 11/5/2009 12:23:14 PMLONDON (Dow Jones)--Allied Irish Banks PLC (ALBK.DB) said Thursday that it has closed a EUR750 million, five year Senior Unsecured Unguaranteed Bond Issue. MAIN FACTS: -This is the first Senior Unsecured Bond Unguaranteed Bond Issue with a five year maturity from any Irish bank since the Government Guarantee was introduced in September 2008. -This follows successful EUR1.0 billion three year Senior Unsecured Unguaranteed Bond Issue completed in September 2009. -This 5 year deal was priced at a spread over mid-swaps of 285 basis points with in excess of 150 international investors reflecting a well diversified geographic profile and was oversubscribed by 1.8 times. -It is a very positive indicator for future unguaranteed issuance from the Irish financial system.
Here's a positive news story that might rub off on all the financials ! http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6e4fQQHzg6U
Roll Up !! Roll Up ! ! Going Very Cheap now at less than 2 Euros ! Soon be 3 Euros ! Buy and become a millionare !! All IMHO , DYOR etc. !