Country Insight
Ireland
Ireland: A levy too far
Ireland’s economic woes have led the government to introduce a tax on pension fund assets. But the planned €450m pensions levy brings with it a significant impact on an already ailing industry, finds ... 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Beyond bailout
Ireland should not lose its perspective on long-term issues like pensions, argues Jerry Moriarty 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Funding for the future
The re-instatement of the funding standard, as well as an overhaul to increase capital buffers, come at a time when pension funds in Ireland have yet to recover from the recession. Jonathan Williams... 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Reform under way
Frances Kehoe evaluates Ireland’s minimum funding standard and the introduction of sovereign annuities 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Greatly diminshed
The National Pensions Reserve Fund was designed to help fund future government pension liabilities, writes Pádraig Floyd. How has it fared amid the chaos of the financial markets of 2011? 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Borrowing to buy
Will vendor finance get pension funds investing in the Irish property market? Shayla Walmsley reports 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Put on a green jersey
Infrastructure is the asset class hotly tipped as austerity budgets bites, writes Jonathan Williams. But can Ireland’s industry be attracted to an illiquid asset at a time when funding concerns are... 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Move to sustainment
Reform of the funded state pensions system foresees a planned single-career average pension fund for all employees, writes Pádraig Floyd 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Work extension
Employers will need to consider the impact of the change in state pension age on their HR policy and occupational pension schemes, writes Aisling Kennedy 01 Feb 2012
Ireland: Out of the gloom
Ireland’s future once lay in financial services. What now? Christine Senior reports 01 Feb 2011
Ireland: Ireland’s pension challenges
The Irish Association of Pension Funds’ Jerry Moriarty reviews a year in Irish occupational pensions and charts the way forward in 2011 01 Feb 2011
Ireland: Auto-enrolment with a punch
With reforms for ailing DB schemes viewed as more urgent and in parts easier to implement than the sweeping reforms suggested for the DC sector, Ireland seems set to forget its pledge that... 01 Feb 2011
Ireland: Salvation stalling
In common with defined benefit schemes across Europe, Ireland’s are facing an existential crisis, with underfunding and closures widespread. New legislation to aid the industry was promised, but a... 01 Feb 2011
Ireland: A €1bn question
The leading Irish companies contributed €1bn to pensions in the financial year 2009 but there were few substantive changes to pension arrangements, writes Conor Daly 01 Feb 2011
Ireland: Fixing a broken model
The era of the traditonal managed fund is over, writes David O’Connor 01 Feb 2011
Ireland: Ireland’s political football
There is no doubt Ireland is facing an unprecedented sovereign debt crisis, says Jonathan Williams. But is liquidating the National Pensions Reserve Fund the best way to solve the problem? 01 Feb 2011
Ireland: Correcting the balance
Martin Delaney finds Ireland moving to relieve the burden created by an ageing working population and a faltering economy 07 Oct 2010
Ireland: A long game in pensions
Christine Senior assesses the roller-coaster of Irish pensions legislation and regulation 01 Feb 2010
Ireland: New model vital
Irish pension schemes must find new strategies to cope with effects of ageing population, says Conor Daly 01 Feb 2010
Ireland: At a crossroads
Jerry Moriarty, director of policy at the Irish Association of Pension Funds, assesses the country’s pension challenges 01 Feb 2010
