IRELAND - FINANCE - Argentine venture earns Irish firm $83m

AN IRISH-OWNED agricultural company with interests in Argentina has been sold to Saudi Arabia’s largest food company for $83 million (€65 million).

Fondomonte was founded in 2006 by London-based investment manager Mark McLornan and Irish farm manager Jim McCarthy, with the aim of capitalising on the rise in global demand for food.  (source)

IRELAND - CAPITAL MARKETS - Goldman Sachs to list $2bn bond

www.irishtimes.com - IRELAND’S BURGEONING Islamic finance industry got a boost yesterday when financial behemoth Goldman Sachs was approved by the Central Bank to list a $2 billion “sukuk” bond on the Irish Stock Exchange, the Global Sukuk Company.  (source)