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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Fund advice: Approved Retirement Funds (ARFs) and retirement lump sums are all sources of retirement income and good advice should include how to use each income source effectively to provide the retiree with a good standard of living in retirement.</p>

Retirement options: What should I do with my tax-free lump sum?

Why are retirees leaving their retirement lump sum on deposit? Expert advice on the range of options to choose from

<p>Sonya Lennon, host, Second Life mentor; Olive Kingston, Standard Life; Ann Kelleher, non-executive director, Standard Life, and Charlotte Riordan, Standard Life, at the Women and Pensions Lunch held at Cork's Vienna Woods Hotel. The event, which aimed to spark crucial conversations around retirement planning, brought together financial advisers, industry experts, and special guests like presenter Sonya Lennon and Loretta Dignam from The Menopause Hub to discuss the challenges women face in securing their financial futures. Pic: Brian Lougheed </p>

Pension tips for women: take charge of your financial future

<p>Life questions: In planning for their own retirement, business owners (like the actor playing the part of a business owner in this generic stock photo) must ask themselves should they invest solely in growing their business, with the hope of realising its value in the future, or should they at the same time contribute to a pension fund to ensure long-term financial security? Photo: iStock</p>

"My business is my pension"

Financial advice

A brighter future ahead as pension reforms start to take shape

How to discover the past performance of your current pension funds: a simple guide

How to discover the past performance of your current pension funds: a simple guide

beautiful older lady smiling with arms crossed at home

Financial freedom for women: Are you on track for retirement?

Mature couple mountain bike alpine trail

Auto-enrolment and existing pensions: What you need to know

In the early years of auto-enrolment, any level of contributions via your employer’s payroll to a company or private pension plan will exempt you from being auto-enrolled

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

Playing golf

Pensions advice: Have you a plan for your second life?

Looking ahead to retirement and in need of advice on your physical, mental and financial fitness? Talk to MCG Financial Services

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

Making Money

Tackling the tropes within the pensions landscape

While it is a common trope to say that a DB is better than a DC pension scheme, here is some industry analysis to clear up that myth

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

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Europe's pension reform plans face serious obstacles

EU pensions analysis: Political resistance to attempts to raise the pension age to increase the sustainability of public pension systems has been considerable, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

Choice between keep working and retirement

Mandatory retirement: Good for some, not so good for others

We can thrive in retirement, but many don't. Louise Harrison of law firm William Fry looks at the good and the bad in mandatory retirement. She talks to Rita de Brún

Sat, 12 Oct, 2024

New year 2024 to 2026 written on the road in the middle of asphalt road.

High hopes for ambitious pensions auto-enrolment plan

Employers are facing soaring input costs, Minimum Wage and rising wages. They are less than enthusiastic about part-funding AE schemes, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Sat, 12 Oct, 2024

Business Man Holding Cracked Golden Nest Egg

Elusive quest for a 'gold-plated' pension

The Government's decision to allow high earners tax relief on up to €2.8m in a pension pot has been divisive; the wealthy were delighted, everyone else was not

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Playful learning

Auto-enrolment heralds a new era for pensions in Ireland

The planned rollout of pensions auto-enrolment next summer should boost retirement finances for many, but some concerns are also being raised, writes Alan Healy, Business Editor

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Senior man with ATM

How your benefits will be paid at retirement

Pensions advice: With PRSAs, retirement benefits can be taken from age 60, and there’s no upper limit. For existing RACs, retirement benefits can be taken from age 60 up to age 75

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Happy senior active couple kayaking on lake

Managing money: An enlightened view of your retirement fund

Enjoying your elder years isn’t so much about the money, it's about doing what makes you happy for as long as you can, advises accountant Kieran Coughlan

Thu, 10 Oct, 2024

Elderly man is using a tablet in the yard of his house

Commissioner needed for ageing and older people

Ireland needs an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People, says the Alliance of Age Sector NGOs

Wed, 09 Oct, 2024

Wedding rings and cash

The financial impacts of divorce on pensions

“If one person, or their former partner, has multiple pension plans, the court can issue a separate Pension Adjustment Order (PAO) for each," expert advises

Wed, 09 Oct, 2024

Old Friends

The importance of friendship in retirement

Almost half of people expect that retirement will influence their current friendships, a Retirement Planning Council survey has unveiled

Wed, 09 Oct, 2024