Time for a retirement reality check?

November 20, 2018

Approved Retirement Funds [ARFs], introduced by the Finance Act, 1999, were seen by many as freeing them from the ‘shackles’ of the annuity market. However, experience shows too many people […]

What is the flexible retirement challenge?

August 14, 2018

The Finance Act, 1999 introduced flexible options on retirement for many pension arrangements. This has had a massive impact on the choices available to people when accessing their retirement benefits. […]

Should I consider consolidating my pension funds?

June 26, 2018

The recently published 2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey found that 43% of those surveyed see themselves leaving their current jobs within two years. Only 28% plan on staying beyond five years. This […]

What is the Pension time bomb?

May 22, 2018

For many years, the subject of the ‘pensions’ time-bomb’ and what to do about it has been discussed in Ireland. We have had reports, new products, pension levies but the […]