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How Loans in Pension Properties Work

How can you augment your pension to access a greater portion of the property market? ITC’s Stephen Dooley explains.The views expressed in this video are based on our current (as of May 2020) understanding of pensions law and Revenue practice, which is subject to…

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Securing Your Retirement Income Through Pension Property

ITC’s Tommy Nielsen joins the latest Informed Decisions Podcast to discuss:The legal considerations around Pensions holding Property How the structure actually works How safe it is or isn’t Further pros & cons The lessons learned    …

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How to Secure Your Pension During Uncertain Times?

In our latest vlog, ITC's Steven Garavan discusses how to secure your pension during uncertain times.  • The views expressed in this video are based on our current (April 2020) understanding of pensions law and Revenue practice, which is subject to change.•…

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Learn More About ITC’s Products and Offerings

In our latest vlog, ITC’s Eve Nolan explains why ITC is the provider of choice.   The views expressed in this video are based on our current (as of April 2020) understanding of pensions law and Revenue practice, which is subject to change. Independent…

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Preserving Benefits From Your Occupational Scheme

In our latest vlog, ITC's Eoin Hassett discusses death in service in an occupational scheme and the options available in order to preserve pension benefits. • The views expressed in this video are based on our current (as of April 2020) understanding of pensions law…

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Have a Query or Request?

To make sure that you can easily contact us during this social distancing period, we have introduced a centralised email address service@itcgroup.ie.By emailing…

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ITC: Covid-19 Arrangements

At Independent Trustee Company Ltd, the health and safety of our employees and clients during this time is our top priority. With this in mind, we have decided that ITC staff will continue to work remotely until at least January 2021. Our offices will remain open with limited…

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7 Steps to Improving Outcomes for Women in Retirement

There are plenty of national and international studies showing lower participation rates for women contributing to a pension and for those women who do participate, smaller pension pots.The reasons and impact of the resulting pensions pay gap for women are manifold. In…

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Changes to Portugal’s Low Tax on Foreign Pensions

The much talked-about changes to the Portuguese Non-Habitual Tax Resident status (NHR) which was recently approved by the Portuguese parliament will likely add to the success story of the NHR programme.The new amendments are meant to alleviate criticism from other countries,…

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Everybody’s Talking About Housing

In the pensions world we talk about ESG, SRI, and Impact Investing. That’s “Environmental-Social-Governance” or “Socially Responsible Investing”, for the uninitiated.In the self-administered world there’s a long tradition of investing for other reasons than just…

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