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If you are a journalist looking for independent and informed comment/analysis on regulatory and corporate governance issues, please contact Peter Oakes on +353 1 425 5962 (peter@complianceireland.com). See Peter's profile and a selection of past contributions to Radio Press are below.

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Radio - RTE Morning Ireland, 30 April 2010

Threats to jobs at Quinn Insurance ahead of Administrators' meeting with staff on 30 April 2010

Peter Oakes, Managing Director Compliance Ireland, discusses employment and regulatory issues relating leaks that up to 900 jobs may go at Quinn Insurance. Minster Eamonn Ryan references Compliance Ireland's comments about two competing public interest elements - (i) security of large number of jobs and (ii) protection of policy holders and sustainability of a business. Our comments start at 13:15 on the timeline. Minister's comments at 23:30 Click here

Radio - NewsTalk 106, Breakfast Business Show, 20 April 2010

SEC files complaint against Goldman Sachs over alleged CDO fraud

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland discusses with Conor Brophy of Newstalk the SEC's filing of a complaint against Goldman Sachs over an alleged €1billion securities fraud and the global repercussions. Click here

Read SEC Complaint here
Read UK FSA Enforcement Investigation statement here
Read Goldman Sachs public responses here

Radio - NewsTalk 106, Breakfast Business Show, 19 April 2010

Discussion of banks examining getting out of ECB rate mortgages with Ivan Yates on The Breakfast Show

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland discusses the continuing issue of banks examining methods of getting out of ECB tracker mortgages and the issues for borrowers to think about before accepting an offer. Click here.

Radio - RTE Morning Ireland, 15 April 2010

Matthew Elderfield appears before Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs

Peter Oakes, Managing Director Compliance Ireland, discusses Matthew Elderfield's comments to Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs with Emma McNamara of RTE's Morning Ireland programme

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[PostScript - Quinn Insurance placed into full-time administration on 15 April 2010]

Radio - NewsTalk 106, Breakfast Business Show, 9 April 2010

Discussion of Anglo Irish Banks's bid for Quinn Group with Conor Brophy on The Breakfast Show

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland discusses news that Anglo Irish Bank may make a bid for the Quinn Group with a promise to fix Quinn Insurance's solvency reserves and inject up to €700million. Click here.

Radio - RTE Morning Ireland, 2 April 2010

Quinn criticises administration move

Peter Oakes, Managing Director Compliance Ireland, discusses the decision by the Financial Regulator to appoint administrators to the Quinn Insurance group with Richard Downes of RTE's Morning Ireland programme

Click here Peter Oakes, Compliance Ireland
Click here Sean Whelan, RTE Economics Correspondent
Click here Diarmuid Wilson, Fianna Fáil Senator

Radio - NewsTalk 106, Down to Business Show, 13 March 2010

Discussion with Mark Mortell on new Financial Regulator

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland discusses with Mark Mortell this week's first public speech by the Financial Regulator (Matthew Elderfield). Click here - for interview.

Radio - RTE Morning Ireland (Irish morning flagship radio programme), 12 March 2010

First public speech by Ireland's chief Financial Regulator's (Matthew Elderfield) and what it means for Ireland

Peter Oakes, Director, Compliance Ireland interviewed by Emma McNamara on the first public speech by Ireland's chief Financial Regulator (Matthew Elderfield) and what this means for banks and Ireland's financial industry.

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Click here - copy of news brief on the interview
Click here - for Newsletter 07/2010 covering Mr Elderfield's speech.

Radio - NewsTalk 106, Breakfast Business Show, 10 March 2010

Discussion of morning business papers with Conor Brophy on The Breakfast Show

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland discusses the day's newspaper stories including the ban on short selling, creation of 120,000 jobs in innovative sectors and AIB's disclosure in SEC filings that property has dropped 66% in value. Click here RIGHT CLICK AND CHOOSE OPEN OR SAVE FILE.

Radio - NewsTalk 106, Down to Business, 11 February 2010

Discussion of morning business papers with Conor Brophy on The Breakfast Show

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland interviewed by Conor Brophy, on a range of topics including bank lending to SMEs, comments by Central Bank Governor Honohan on bank lending to SMEs, Financial Regulator's authorisation process, closure of Bank of Scotland (Ireland), moving Ireland up the financial services value chain, NAMA and more.

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Part 2 of 2 - click here

Radio - RTE DriveTime, 17 November 2009

Controversy over media reports that AIB insider, Colm Doherty, to be appointed to Managing Director, corporate governance issues and executive salaries

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland interviewed by Mary Wilson on corporate governance standards and executive salaries following reports that Colm Doherty to take up a top role at AIB.

Click here for edited audio of full programme (11 mins/1.4MB)

Radio - RTE 1 (Drivetime with Mary Wilson) interview with Emma McNamara, 18 June 2009

Announcement by Finance Minister of new Central Bank of Ireland Commission

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland, discusses with Emma McNamara reports of large amounts of money owed by managers to Anglo Irish Bank. Click here for interview. Click here for article on story in Irish Times, 21/09/2009

Radio - Newstalk (Down To Business with Mark Mortell, Ireland's premier business radio show), 18 June 2009

Announcement by Finance Minister of new Central Bank of Ireland Commission

Peter Oakes, Managing Director, Compliance Ireland, discusses with Mark Mortell the reasons for, and future of, a new financial regulatory structure in Ireland as well as EU proposals for pan Europe regulatory system. Click here for interview.

Radio - Newstalk (Lunchtime with Eamon Keane), 26 March 2009

AIB victim of complex UK investment property fraud

Peter Oakes, Director, Compliance Ireland interviewed on the investment property fraud perpetrated against

Allied Irish Banks (announced by UK Serious Fraud Office on 26/03/2009). Click here for interview.

Radio - Newstalk (Down to Business with Mark Mortell), 28 February 2009

Raid by Garda on Anglo Irish Bank

Peter Oakes, Director, Compliance Ireland interviewed by Mark Mortell on the background to the raid by Garda on offices of Anglo Irish Bank. Click here for interview (any problems see note below).

Radio - RTE Morning Ireland (Irish morning flagship radio programme), 2 March 2009

Plans to create new financial regulator

Peter Oakes, Director, Compliance Ireland interviewed on proposals to create a new Central Banking Commission based on a Canadian model. Click here RIGHT CLICK AND CHOOSE OPEN OR SAVE FILE (if audio does not open go to RTE's website at http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0302/morningireland_av.html?2499611,null,209

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