The financial brokers aiming to tap into Ireland’s ‘medium earners’
Advisers’ firms seek deals to tap market with more than €550bn in assets to manage
New Ireland
First-time buyers ‘could save up to €10,000 on mortgage protection by shopping around’
Many rush to take out policy with their lender, unaware they are free to seek better-value cover elsewhere
How much do you need to save to send your child to college in Ireland?
Parents of children studying away from home are spending up to €58,000 over a four-year degree
Smokers pay tens of thousands more for life insurance and mortgage protection
Survey by price comparison website bonkers.ie reveals true cost of smoking
Should you withdraw your money from poorly performing property funds, or wait it out?
Investors can find themselves locked in when market downturns put a squeeze on fund withdrawals
Brendan Mullin: the case of a ‘bank for the rich’ and the mystery €500,000
‘Was it a big mistake, a misunderstanding, or was [Mr Mullin] doing it dishonestly? That’s what the case is about’
Bank of Ireland appoints head of its life and pensions business
Tadhg Clandillon has almost three decades of experience in the life insurance industry and will start in October
Incoming Davy CEO to sit above New Ireland head
Appointment likely to come from wider Bank of Ireland group or further afield rather than from internal Davy candidates
What sort of income can you get from a pension annuity? Finding out is harder than it should be
Some in the annuity sector seems to be anything other than focused on openness and transparency with customers
New Ireland office block offers scope for new hotel at €12m
Feasibility study suggests 5-9 South Frederick Street could accommodate development of 137-bedroom scheme
No money in, no money out: Irish property funds suspend withdrawals
The deferral of withdrawals or switches is a feature of property funds but investors need to be aware that it makes them a risker prospect
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
New Ireland property fund investors no longer face withdrawal wait
Zurich has also reopened its Irish property fund for withrawals and investment
Pensions deliver decade-best growth of 20.6% in 2019
Zurich Life tops peers as funds recover from calamitous end to 2018
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