David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The last line of paragraph 4.14 in the reports states, "The Board agreed that a lower fee should be paid to Lazard if PIMCO emerged as the preferred bidder". That suggests there was potentially a bias towards PIMCO. That it would have been cheaper for it. The whole language seems to suggest that there was a bias towards PIMCO.