Inflation is the rise in prices for goods and services over time. Everyone remembers a heyday of their youth when the prices paid for items were a fraction of what these items cost today. This is inflation in action. Inflation can have an impact on your pension in that [...]
Defined benefit pension transfers in Ireland in 2025 are increasingly being offered to deferred members of defined benefit pension schemes with transfer values that are very attractive and higher than in previous years. As employers seek to phase out defined benefit pensions due to the financial and administrative demands [...]
Key Deadline: April 5th 2025. If you miss this deadline your opportunity window is closed and there is no recourse. It is unlikely the HMRC will extend this deadline. Do not miss this once in a life investment opportunity, no traditional PRSA or company pension in [...]
There have been numerous changes to Irish pensions in 2024, and there is more to follow in 2025. These changes are all broadly aimed at improving the pension coverage of our ageing population, improving access to the state contributory pension, and paying for the pensions of the retirees of [...]
The Irish General election held on 29 November to elect the 34th Dáil saw 686 candidates compete for 174 seats across 43 constituencies. While pensions did not feature heavily as a debate topic during the election campaign, a number of high-profile sitting TDs decided to retire, putting the issue [...]
Women are much less likely than men to put money towards their pension pot, partly because they earn less on average, leading to a major disparity between the amount of retirement income received by men and women. This has led to calls for the new auto-enrolment pension scheme to [...]
A recent report comparing pension systems in 48 countries has placed Ireland at 18th, down 5 places in a year. While Ireland still ranks highly, Ireland’s index value fell from 70.2 to 68.1 in the report by the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, which covers almost two thirds [...]
A massive backlog has meant that many Irish people who worked in the UK could be waiting up to a year and a half to receive their British pension top-up. More than 250,000 Irish people may be due to benefit from a significant pension boost, pushing their pension from [...]
If you are starting your pension, or you have been paying into an occupational or personal pension for a number of years, you may have concerns around the types of company that your pension savings are being invested into. Pension savings or contributions are invested into a managed fund [...]
In February 2023, a headline appeared in the Irish Independent which read as follows: “crippling 41% exit tax on funds to be reviewed, says Michael McGrath”. At the time, Michael McGrath was Ireland’s Minister for Finance and he, following on from an initial announcement made by Paschal Donohoe the [...]
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