Fairfax Ups Stake in Bank of Ireland to 9%

[Parsad]

Fairfax, WL Ross and Fidelity Investments have all upped their stakes in Bank of Ireland.  Cheers!

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/bankofireland-idUSL5E7LJ3Q220111019?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews&rpc=43

[rijk]

does this mean that fairfax increased it's stake from 9 to 9.32%, i.e. a 3.6% increase?

regards

rijk

 

 

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0728/boi.html

[HJ]

In related news,  Kennedy Wilson buys Bank of Ireland assets. 

 

http://www.kennedywilson.com/435-kennedy-wilson-acquires-bank-of-ireland-real-estate-investment-management-business

[JEast]

Maybe a little momentum is gaining.  I love this quote from Denis O’Brien, "We have taken the cod liver oil."  He says that he is now ready to invest in Bank of Ireland.

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-27/billionaire-denis-o-brien-says-would-invest-in-bank-of-ireland.html

 

Cheers

JEast

[SharperDingaan]

The current 0.12 Euro/share cost must make this one of the best secured penny stocks in history!

 

SD 

[Uccmal]

Up 40%.  Between Ffh directly, and via KW they must be sitting on 200m in gains, at least. 

[Aberhound]

http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2012/02/27/the-land-of-the-financially-blind

 

Prem has nerves of steel to buy with this mortgage loan book. Experience says Prem right, McWilliams wrong.

 

Is the plan to borrow at 1% from the ECB and lend to Irish government at 7%, leverage and repeat? Sounds good but the policy drains cash from the non-bank private sector to the banks and government. The drain of cash from the non-bank private sector will cause the real estate prices to fall further and increase the default rate further.

 

Prem, an advocate of "the bigger the boom, the bigger the bust" probably expects default so he must think there will be a resolution which doesn't wipe out his equity. I can't think of any short of Ireland following Newfoundland's example and becoming the next Canadian Province which will bring in immigrants. The alternative is for the Irish youth to emigrate to Canada which leaves the debt behind with no one to pay it. The bankers' weakness is that the wealth of a country is largely the minds of the educated youth. The offices, shops and mansions may look valuable but when the youth leave they are liabilities. When the youth realize this the bankers are screwed.

[kiwing100]

 

 

An adverse vote outcome here may have an adverse impact on the value of the Bank of Ireland stake held by Fairfax (assuming that Fairfax has not hedged this investment in any way or that Bank of Ireland has not hedged its Irish govt bond exposure)

 

 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hd3D9t-25nzddH5AHmHmApxzmEag?docId=45bbd9b5352c4a53ae098adfbf686795

[kiwing100]

 

Not sure if Bank of Ireland needs any new capital. If so, who will provide it, what form will it be and at what price?

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9274830/Euro-austerity-example-Ireland-may-need-second-bailout.html

[kiwing100]

 

If this occurred, this would likely have an adverse impact on an investment in Bank of Ireland ...

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/dallara-says-greek-euro-exit-may-exceeed-1-trillion-euros.html

[kiwing100]

 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/irish-central-banker-outlines-bank-capital-needs-2012-05-30?dist=beforebell