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2025 marks the 21st year of Grant Thornton’s work to monitor and measure the proportion of women occupying senior management roles in mid-market companies around the world.

Employers can offer many different share schemes to their employees or directors, often as a way of rewarding employees and encouraging loyalty and participation in a tax efficient manner.

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) released the new Global Internal Audit Standards on January 9, 2024. Read our latest insight to learn more.

Unveiling the financial crime dynamics of Ireland’s payments sector. ​Learn about AML risks, sustainable practices, and how Grant Thornton can help. ​Contact our financial crime experts for tailored solutions.

The European Union Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) requires organisations in scope to conduct a double materiality assessment to identify material topics across Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) areas. Read our latest publication to find out more.

Ireland represents a strategic European base due to our pro-business approach, competitive corporate tax regime and skilled workforce. As a result, multinational, UK and European companies employ over 300,000 in Ireland.

At Grant Thornton we have a wealth of insurance finance and accounting expertise ready to assist you in all aspects of your finance function requirements from interim resourcing to specialist finance topics to finance transformations.

Our focus in this paper is to develop decision making models using a range of advanced machine learning techniques. We explore three different methodologies to measure the discriminatory power between good and bad borrowers using a credit card portfolio dataset. The main hypothesis is that advanced modelling techniques lead to more efficient estimates and higher discriminatory power.

In response to the fast growth of the payment services market, the European Commission issued a Revised Payments Legislative Package. This seeks to ensure the EU’s financial sector is fit for purpose and capable of adapting to the ongoing digital transformation, and the risks and opportunities it presents – in particular for consumers.

Our Life Science Centre of Excellence is comprised of industry and subject matter experts with a wide range of experience.

he Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will replace the NFRD and requires entities in scope to include non-financial reporting disclosures across Environmental, Social and Governance topics within their annual management report covering both financial impacts and impacts on people and the environment.

In March 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) outlined their intention to undertake a review of consumer protection risks in insurance firms.