Auto-enrolment, finally coming into effect in 2026, is the most monumental change to pensions in Ireland since the 1960s. Around 800,000 employees, who would previously have had to rely on the State Pension, will have a workplace pension for the first time. The State Pension will likely increase to [...]
Auto-enrolment is a new retirement savings scheme into which people will automatically be enrolled once they meet certain requirements. It was expected to come into effect in September 2025, however it has been delayed until 1st January 2026. The delay allows more time for smaller payroll providers to get [...]
If you are leaving employment with an employer that offers an occupational pension scheme to move to another employer or to become self-employed, you may be concerned about your accumulated pension benefits. What will happen to your pension when you leave your employer? On leaving your employer, you will [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It appears that the pension auto-enrolment scheme announced with much fanfare by the Government faces further delays. Now envisaged as beginning in 2025, pension auto-enrolment faces a number of hurdles before it can be up and running for employees. Auto-enrolment is intended to be one option in a range [...]
Heather Humphries, the Minister for Social Protection, has announced the new name for Ireland’s long awaited auto enrolment pension scheme. My Future Fund has been chosen as the “easy to remember” moniker, a move intended to make clear the purpose of the pension savings scheme ie. to save and [...]
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