Tag: Ussher

  • Understanding Central Banks….

    The crisis has shown us that the role of the Central Bank has rarely been more central to global economic welfare. Calls for more, or less, or faster or slower money growth, for new rounds of quantitative easing, for enhancement of the role of Central Banks as lenders of last resort (but to whom?), discussions on the desirable or…

  • Where are EU-Asian economic relations now and how will these impact on business?

    The rise of the Asian economies will be the dominant theme of the next decade it is now clear. Ireland exports relatively little to this area, although this is growing fast. A course on euro-asian business relations will be run by my campus company on 8-9 March, led by Professor Bernadette Andreosso. Bernadette is Director of…

  • What are the future business prospects for the Irish Economy?

    The first course to be run by my Campus Company, Ussher Executive Education, takes place on 5 March 2012.  It’s a course on the future  business prospects for the Irish economy, looking back at what happened during the Celtic Tiger era (which properly speaking is the period from about 1997 to 2001/2002), the lasting influence of the…

  • QFA Board Accreditation, CPD Hours and Ussher

    As many of you know I have started a Campus Company, Ussher Executive Education,  specializing in non-certified executive education. I am pleased to announce that we have now gotten information from the QFA board as to the CPD hours which will be awarded under the various headings. The spreadsheet is noted below : it contains…