Approved Retirement Funds and Risk
Irish clients who are taking their retirement benefits and moving from ‘pre’ to ‘post’ retirement will often end up investing a large portion of their pension in an Approved Retirement Fund (ARF).
Defined Benefit Pension
Historically in
Ireland Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Schemes were the means by which employers
provided pension benefits for their employees. For a variety of reasons this
has changed, and DB schemes are now increasingly seen...
Alternatives to Cash in Low Interest Rate Environments
An important element of Harvest’s Investment Advisory process is to ensure that our clients have a sufficient emergency fund in place as a safety net for any future unforeseen financial events. Emergency funds should...
What is Happening with Property Funds?
It was reported in
recent days that at least three large institutional property funds had marked
down the unit prices of their property funds by between 5-8% as a result of
investors seeking to exit...
Transfer UK Pension to Ireland?
Why Transfer UK Pension to Ireland
Currency risk removed.
Who knows what might happen to the UK economy after Brexit.
Easier to keep track of tax & legislative changes if pension assets are in...