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Pensions Awareness Week launches today

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

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Tackling the gender pension gap

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?

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Question of the month: How do I build a low-risk portfolio of investments?

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

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Claiming tax relief on a personal pension

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

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Bank of Ireland negative interest rates on pensions: what should you do?

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

Midyear investment review

Moneycube’s midyear market review 2020

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

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SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs: Should I invest?

Three of the most talked-about companies on the planet – SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic – are preparing to list on public stock markets (known as an initial public offering, or) within the space of a few months. For the first

Emerging markets: should you own more?

The last decade has largely belonged to US equities, particularly the technology giants that have come to dominate global markets. Buy a global equity fund and a large chunk of your money ends up in the United States, particularly the

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What’s going on in the bond market?

Over the past few weeks, bond market yields on long-dated government debt have risen to levels not seen since the eve of the 2008 financial crisis. The US 30-year Treasury yield briefly touched 5.2% — the highest since 2007. UK

Savings and investment account: will it happen, and what should you do meantime?

The Irish Government’s mooted saving incentive scheme has already generated a fair amount of chatter. What are we actually looking at here, and how seriously should you take it? What is the Savings and Investment Account? The proposed Savings and

Ward of court investment changes

Investment options for a former ward of court: what’s changing and what should families consider?

Ireland’s ward of court system is undergoing significant change, with important implications for how assets are managed and invested. For families and those responsible for financial decision-making, the shift raises both practical and strategic questions. Here’s Moneycube’s guide on what

Investing in inflationary times

Inflation has a habit of exposing weak spots in investment portfolios. Back in 2022, we saw something many portfolios weren’t built for: both equities and bonds falling at the same time. For decades, bonds were expected to act as the

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