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As Ireland’s fascination with bricks and mortar continues unabated, pension property may be a way to encourage resistant pension savers to start retirement planning. Retirement can be a daunting prospect, both economically and personally, but investing in a pension…

In our recent webinar for advisors, we were joined by our team in Malta to discuss international pensions and the opportunities available.Topics included:Why Malta? Why ITC International Pensions? The practicalities of establishing an overseas pensions Recent tax changes…

The transfer of corporate pensions from traditional Defined Contribution schemes to Master Trusts is gathering pace. In his latest piece for the FM Report ITL’s Eoin Hassett identifies a number of circumstances where transferring to a PRSA can be a better strategy…

In our latest webinar for advisors, our Independent Trustee Limited (ITL) team discussed Trusts as the secret to managing intergenerational wealth.Topics included:SME Share Schemes Family Trusts Death Benefits From Pension Schemes Asset Protection To view the…

It is widely known that the gender pension gap disproportionately affects women. The general reasons for this are gaps in employment for maternity leave, reduced working hours required to facilitate childcare duties and subsequent lack of representation in senior roles. This…

What is LEAP?The Leading Edge Advisor Programme (LEAP) in an investment platform that provides the professional advisor with innovative and transparent pension solutions for their clients. This unique service combines the expertise of both Conexim and Independent Trustee…

The Irish pension market is currently going through a period of significant regulatory change. The amendment to the taxation of contributions to Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) has clearly improved its offering as a retirement vehicle option and now is seen as a…

Starting a pension at the earliest opportunity is an important part of ensuring you have enough money for retirement, but what happens to your pension benefits when you leave employment?When someone leaves service, they will likely become entitled to a preserved benefit in the…

Over the last decade we have seen a number of moves from the U.K. Government to make it more difficult to move pension schemes out of the country and also out of Defined Benefit (DB) schemes.As discussed in an article pre-Brexit, this started with removing the ability to…

In part 1 of this blog, we discussed what is pension property, why consider it, why now and what are the benefits. If you have yet to read part 1, please click here.5. What are the rules?The sole purpose of the investment must be to provide benefits on retirement. It…