Royal London enters fast-growing Irish PRSA market
Flexible personal pension model has been boosted by government efforts to steer business owners away from single-member schemes
Pensions Authority
Senior gardaí feel ‘duped’ over pension changes
Policing Authority says senior posts ‘extremely well-remunerated’
Upon retirement the tough choices begin
Decisions you take at this point will have a significant bearing on your financial security and that of your dependants
In your 30s? It’s time to get serious about your pension
The power of compounding is key to building a pension pot and it means how long something is invested for is probably more important than how much is invested
Finance officials concerned about oversight of auto-enrolment pension scheme
Legislation holds planned new mandatory workplace pension scheme to lower regulatory standards than private sector rivals
Judge urges CIÉ and employees to agree a deal on funding firm’s largest pension scheme
Dispute centres on Superannuation Scheme 1951, which has assets worth €1.5 billion and nearly 5,000 members
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Pension schemes face regulatory clampdown if failing to engage on new rules
Final deadline for compliance with stricter and more costly rules on scheme governance and risk management comes at year-end
Amcor trustees challenge employer’s pension move
Company acted on clause allowing it to end contributions
Why does Revolut keep asking me for my PPS number?
Customers who don’t comply can find their accounts restricted
State owes €6m to insolvent pension fund, liquidator claims
A claim against the Employer’s Insolvency Fund for the sum was rejected by officials last year
My budget: Pensioner is ‘pleasantly surprised’ at lump-sum payments
‘Hopefully I will be able to pay the heating if I heat just my bedroom and the bathroom at night time,’ says 83-year-old Eileen McCann
Retired An Post employees waiting on cost-of-living pension increase for eight months
Communications Workers Union says neither Government nor An Post will have to contribute as payments from pension scheme fund with surplus of €580 million
Auto-enrolment pensions scheme ‘on track’
Department of Social Protection insists scheme will be in place by second half of 2024 despite doubts of other players in pensions field
Pension scheme assets recover from last year’s blip
Assets are growing faster than liabilities and scheme membership is also showing healthy improvement, according to Central Bank data
How big a pension will you need? Probably bigger than you think
On the Money: Auto-enrolment will help ensure people have a comfier retirement but it’s best not to wait
Employers call for rethink on contributions to mandatory workplace pension
Ibec backs auto-enrolment but warns firms will struggle to fund scheme as other business costs rise
Fully let office investment on Lower Mount Street guiding at €13m
Verschoyle House is generating nearly €900,000 in annual rental income from the Pensions Authority and Ornua
The Government’s plan for pension auto-enrolment is flawed - there is a better way
The Government's proposed Bill for a national auto-enrolment pension scheme incredibly completely ignores what happens after retirement
Pressure on employers to deliver the right master trust for their workers
Potential for conflict as majority of pension scheme advisers are also master trust providers and promote their master trusts
New pension options now available for business owners and the self-employed
Insurers offering such pensions had stopped taking new business last year because of strict EU regulations, but have now found ways to return to the market
The retirees heading back to work
In need of additional income and wanting to socialise, older people are looking for jobs again — and employers are happy to offer them flexibility
Companies get more time to put new pension arrangements in place for staff
Pensions regulator relents on hard deadline for compliance with new governance regime as long as they commit to 12-month sign-up to new master trusts
Pension age fudge just another reason for the young to emigrate
Fear of ‘grey power’ will see younger generation burdened with cost of Government’s refusal to face up to funding the State pension
Employers can save up to half of company pension scheme costs under new rules, expert says
New master trust schemes will save money and improve outcomes for workers, according to industry expert
Employers wary of new pension rules
Increased governance and risk-management costs will hit existing workplace pension schemes
‘Employers face penalties and fines unless pensions deadline is extended’
Some may miss compliance deadline due to the volume of work required, expert says
Small business owners are being locked out of pension plans
Regulator’s shocking threat to prosecute trustees is excessive when no alternative pensions option is available
Shutters pulled down on new business-owner pensions
Insurers selling single member pension schemes have suspended new business under threat of prosecution
Insurers blindsided by threat to prosecute over pensions deemed out of step with new rules
Industry says it is at a loss to understand how new pension structures do not comply with rules
Thousands of business owners locked out of pensions
New EU rules mean existing arrangements are no longer compliant and regualtor is threatening prosecutions
What may happen to my pension this year – and should I be worried?
New regulations will mean significant change for Irish pension funds
Surging equities wipe out Iseq companies’ €1bn pension deficit
Global shares have risen by 22% so far this year
IORP II: A bigger deal than it sounds for standalone pensions
A new obligation on pension scheme trustees to ensure effective governance
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