Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed)

10:00 am

Mr. Patrick Long:

It was important that we reassured investors that there would be a level playing field. I sincerely believe there was a level playing field. The fact that an investment firm other than PIMCO acquired this portfolio is an indication that there was a level playing field and that PIMCO did not have unfair advantage or at least, if it did, it was not unable to capitalise on it.