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Do you Know the tax implications of gifting?
Small Gift Exemption Gifts you make to or receive from any person, up to the value of €3,000 in a calendar year are exempt from Capital...
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5 Rules of Thumb to Building A Sufficient Pension
Saving for retirement is an important part of planning for you and your family’s future. However starting a pension can be intimidating....
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Auto-enrolment Ireland: Cutting through the noise to explain what matters
What is AE? AE is a government retirement savings scheme for employees who are not already actively paying into a pension arrangement...
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Why Women Need to Take Control of Their Finances
We've come a long way, baby. When I started my career, there weren't a lot of women financial advisors. And very few women were engaged...
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What We Know for Sure: How Uncertainty Distorts Decision-Making
Geopolitical risk is grabbing headlines again. In today’s investment climate, it’s tempting to fixate on the big geopolitical question...
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10 Ways to Protect the Pension Earmarked for Loved Ones
The first cuts to inheritance tax in more than a decade were unveiled in the Budget last October. While much of the debate around...
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The Magnificent Seven Are Leading the Stock Market Rebound. Can That Continue?
• The megacap tech stocks that make up the “Magnificent Seven” have led the market’s recovery over the past month. • That’s a big change...
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Investing Can Be a Roller Coaster: Three Tips for Riding Out the Ups and Downs
Investing, like a roller coaster, has its ups and downs. One minute you’re climbing higher and the next a sudden decline makes your...
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Has Trump Ruined Your Pension? UK Advisors Say No
Investors have had a stressful two weeks. Equity and bond markets have shown dramatic volatility and the price of gold has surged. The US...
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Pension auto-enrolment to be delayed by 'number of months', says Minister
THE INTRODUCTION OF the auto-enrolment pension scheme is to be delayed again, with the minister saying it could be a number of months...
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Young people ditching home-ownership dream and applying for social housing instead
Surging house prices have prompted large numbers of younger people to ditch their plans to buy a private home and instead apply for...
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If you lose your job and have worked for 5 years you'll get up to €450 a week under new rules
NEW RULES WILL kick in on Monday which will see a boost to Jobseeker payments for those that lose their jobs. Major changes to the...
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Lose some, win some: offsetting a capital loss against a capital gain
Q&A: Dominic Coyle answers your personal finance questions I made a loss on a foreign property a number of years ago. The property was...
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Pensions and Divorce
Pensions often get overlooked when couples go through a divorce. Usually, the family home is thought of as the primary asset, but if...
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Looking at the Value of Financial Planning
If you want to achieve long-term financial security and realise your future financial goals, one of the most important things to consider...
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US Stocks Look Stuck. What Could Break the Market Out of Its Holding Pattern?
Investors hoping for another steady stream of record highs for US stocks in 2025 have instead found a market hemmed in by uncertainty. US...
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Fixing Ireland’s Taxation of Investments: What You Need to Know
Ireland’s taxation system for investments has long been a subject of debate, with many investors and pension savers calling for reform....
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Unclaimed funds of bust Custom House Capital will go to the State
The High Court has ordered that the State is to have control of unclaimed monies from the Custom House Capital (CHC) liquidation. If...
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Should I Pay Off My Mortgage Early or Invest My Savings?
"Remind me why you still have a mortgage." Our financial planner put that to my husband and I a decade ago. He pointed out we weren't...
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20 years of FPSB: Celebrating global excellence and Ireland’s financial planning champions
This December marks a major milestone for the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB)—20 years of advancing excellence in financial...
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