Asking the Right Questions
Thoughts from Feurteventura: Health & Retirement
My commentary is late this week because I was away for a short trip to Fuerteventura, Spain. The reason I bring it up is not to tell you about the amazing scenery there, but to share with you a lesson I took from the…
Retirement in the US looks good for the few
Last week, the Institute for Policy Studies in the US released an interesting report entitled “A Tale of Two Retirements”. The report looks at retirement assets in the United States, highlighting some thought provoking facts about the lack of pension provision across the population,…
Saving up pension woe
Article appeared in the Sunday Time Business section September 14th 2015 The return of the generals of the Celtic Tiger Boom and Bust – McCreevy, Ahern and Cowen – in front of the Banking Inquiry, attracted huge media attention, and was no doubt a welcome distraction…
Retirement Planning Considerations Amidst the Market Noise
The headline news has been dominated by Greece over the last few months, the closure of Greek banks and pictures of queuing pensioners all adding to the sense of fear among ordinary investors planning for retirement. The uncertainty and the risk of contagion across…
Thoughts on health and my climb for Parkinson’s
In my previous experience working in wealth management with individual private clients, the focus of my role was providing advice on investments to help people reach their personal and retirement goals. However, most often I would find that people had no idea what those goals were, what…
Retirement: don’t let your present self screw your future self!
The Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) recently commissioned a national survey, conducted by IReach, to explore the level of engagement in retirement planning in Ireland and to examine “whether people are being realistic as to their expectations for retirement age”. Their conclusion, and…
Retirement Planning: Looking to the Future
In the film “Back to the Future”, Marty McFly transported from 1985 to the year 2015 in the Doc’s DeLorean time machine. The fact that they had flying cars in the future shows how far away 2015 seemed to those in 1985. Now while…
