Good News This Summer from Zurich Life……… Great news for people looking to take out new mortgage protection policies or people looking to review their existing policies. Zurich are offering a 10% discount on all new business policies (Mortgage Protection & Guaranteed Protection) from today until the end of September 2016. There are a few […]

Global equities (in euro terms) had a strong week as sentiment improved on the back of a Russian-Saudi oil production freeze and perceived stronger conviction from Chinese authorities in respect to controlling Yuan price fluctuations.  Market concerns abated slightly during the week as FOMC and ECB minutes gave little for the market to digest. However, […]

Some super bears are now expecting an imminent collapse of China’s banking system and currency’ Jim Edwards | 16/02/2016 | Business Insider China’s banking sector is now so big that if it lost only of 10% of its outstanding loans to defaults, that would be the equivalent of wiping out about 30% of China’s annual gross […]

We’re planning for this year’s imputed distribution payments and want to make sure that customers receive their payments before Christmas. Here’s some important information about how you can help customers receive their payment sooner if they’d like. Q. When will my customers receive their imputed distribution payment? Where the customer has given us their bank […]

A very interesting report carried out by one of the worlds most successful consultancy companies ‘Mc Kinsey’. In McKinsey’s report on the retirement readiness of 2,000 Irish households some serious issues have been highlighted and it should be a cause of concern for the current population along with the Irish Government, the completed report is […]

Global equities (in euro terms) were well ahead last week but much of the gains related to euro currency weakness, as markets price in further monetary easing in the Eurozone. Investors continue to focus on China as well as the timing of US interest rate rises. There is now a 75% chance of lift-off of […]

Global equities (in euro terms) were well ahead last week but much of the gains related to euro currency weakness, as markets price in further monetary easing in the eurozone. Investors continue to focus on China as well as the timing of US interest rate rises. There is now a 75% chance of lift-off of […]

In a recent article on ‘Business Insider’ it looks as though the Chinese Bull Market is back, it was only last week that analysts were saying that China was doomed. Chinese stocks are rallying hard again today, even without another five-month old statement to propel the market higher.At the lunchtime break the benchmark Shanghai Composite has jumped […]

  A pension is a way of saving for your retirement. Hopefully by the time you retire you’ll have built up a substantial pot. At that point, you have to turn it into an income.

At this stage we are almost sick to death hearing headlines from Greece and now we have China to add to the mix, here is all you need to know in a few minutes; Greece An agreement has been reached between Greece and its creditors for €82 billion over 3 years. Greece agreed to make […]