At this stage we are all fed with with the Greek story, the deal or no deal play has been going on far too long and in my opinion not taking away from the seriousness of the matter it has become like a school yard argument. It looks as though the next few days will […]

We find ourselves in unusual economic conditions, we have interest rates at historically low levels, expansive quantitative easing policies adopted by the world’s central banks. Inevitably this has caused a collapse in bond yields and fuelling Global equity markets. Closer to home in Europe we are experiencing the longest bull run in history. With low […]

In a recent survey conducted by Standard Life almost 2/3rd of parents want to help their children onto the property ladder. Unfortunately as we are all aware it is not quite as straightforward as this and many obstacles (revenue / economic climate)  have presented themselves over recent years. Below we have picked out some of […]

Your Experience of Financial Advice? As a relatively new entrant into the world of Financial Advice, the one thing that I have noticed and I am definitely not alone when I say this is that Financial Advisers have a bad reputation. Obviously this reputation comes from individual personal experience when dealing with financial advisers. One […]

Usually the summer months tend to be quiet on the financial markets, however this year things are going to be a whole lot different. The big elephant in the room at the moment is Greece, nobody’s quite sure if they will strike a deal with the ECB and meet their debt deadline or if we […]

Source: Irish Independent    Published: 08/06/2015  Where there’s a will there’s a relative, the age-old black-humour gag has it. But inheritance is in reality an extremely serious business which often enough compounds grief and loss with stress and economic duress. Those who have lost a loved one can in fact also face a bill for […]

What Happened last Week Global equities (in euro terms) fell back as European equities lost all of the previous week’s gains. The Greek debt situation is now very much centre-stage. Euro currency weakness has significantly enhanced returns for eurozone investors in 2015, Equities continue to be supported by the expectation of reasonably strong corporate earnings’ growth […]