Paul Dunne, head of business development at State Street Global Advisors Ireland (SSgA), looks at ways that SSgA can deliver its diversified investment solutions to the Irish market by using a wide spectrum of asset classes that will ultimately address its clients long-term investment goals.

Putting experience into practice: Colm McGuire is a founding partner of McGuireDesmond, the Cork based law firm. Having worked as an associate at the Dublin and London offices of Matheson Ormsby Prentice McGuire established McGuireDesmond with Ciaran Desmond in 2000 with the experience of working during the early days of Matheson Ormsby Prentice's London office giving him the confidence to start a new practice.