Pension consultancy Mercer provides an annual list looking at how retirement is done around the world. Each country is handed an overall scored based on three metrics: Adequacy of the […]
What is the outlook for the Global Insurance industry?
2020 has been a very unusual year for the global insurance industry. Events such as earthquakes and floods have been with us for many years; events such as wildfires and […]
Will Covid 19 bring Inflation or Deflation?
In the 1980s the US Federal Reserve (Fed) was very much in inflation fighting mode, but by the 1990s we had entered the so-called ‘Great Moderation’, a goldilocks period where […]
What is an Approved Retirement Fund [ARF]?
The Finance Act, 1999 introduced new options for people taking retirement benefits from pension arrangements. This involved creating a new product called an Approved Retirement Fund [ARF]. Prior to this, […]
What options do I have setting up a retirement plan?
Your options depend on if you are an employee or are self-employed. If you are an employee, the first thing to do is find out if you have a pension […]
Irish Mortgage Lending Rates are excessive compared to the Eurozone
The Central Bank of Ireland recently released the interest rates being charged in August 2020. The figures reveal a continuing wide gap between Irish and Eurozone mortgage holders. Irish consumers […]