Financial worry is one of the knock-on effects of Covid. From our work advising on company pensions and benefits, here are some tips to help you insulate your employees. 2020 has seen our workplaces turned upside down. A year ago, employers were thinking about pool tables and sofas to support their employees’ happiness. Today, the … Continued
Pensions Awareness Week is back! Pensions Awareness Week is an initiative to raise awareness about retirement planning, and help people take charge of their long-term savings. This year, we’re going digital. Taking place from 21 to 25 September, we will host webcasts, offer content and consultations, and speak up in the media. We’ve … Continued
Irish Life ran a great ad ran last year, showing women queueing up at an ice-cream van on a summer’s day to buy a 99. Imagine their disappointment to be told they could only be served a “77”. What’s that? Well, it’s the same ice-cream, but yours is 22% smaller. Heck, even the flake is … Continued
I currently have my savings in a number of cash accounts, here in Ireland, earning not more than 0.25%. I am at an advanced age and would like to invest €100,000 in secure low risk investments. Can you advise me what I should do and how to go about doing it? – HL, Ireland Recent … Continued
If your employer pays over your contributions, then they’ll typically handle the tax deductions for you. But if you’re paying into a personal pension each month from your own bank account, you’ll need to let Revenue know so that they can adjust your tax credits. Here’s Moneycube’s handy guide to claim your tax credit on … Continued
Bank of Ireland recently decided to charge negative interest rates on individual pensions set up through trustees. Are you affected? We’ve set out the key facts and some options to consider. If you’d like to discuss how Moneycube can help you get to grips with this change, get in touch. What’s happened? It’s become clear … Continued
If you’re in the habit of checking in on your investments every six months, you’ll have had a pretty uneventful investing year so far. Many equity funds are flat, or even slightly ahead for the six months to the end of June 2020. Read on or jump to our newer midyear review 2021. But that … Continued
The government really wants you to save for your retirement. So they offer three great tax advantages to encourage you to save into your pension. Here’s Moneycube’s explainer on the three tax concessions for pension savers. Read how tax relief on pensions in Ireland works, how much you can claim, and how that will accelerate … Continued
This guest blog comes from our friends at MyWallSt, the Dublin-based investing platform that has helped millions of people own their financial future with a suite of digital tools that make it easy to start investing. In it, Michael O’Mahony explains two rules which have helped MyWallSt deliver market-beating returns year after year. The stock … Continued
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