IPE's Ireland Coverage
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NewsNew Irish pension strategy will not involve ‘significant change in direction’
The Irish Pensions Authority is set to share its 2025-2029 pension strategy in the ‘coming weeks’
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NewsEstablishment of Irish auto enrolment system ‘well underway’
Department of Social Protection advertises for CEO and board member positions, announces preferred bidders for investment management services
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NewsIreland launches consultation on consolidation of defined benefit market
Master trust market in Ireland has continued to grow as trustees and employers respond to obligations under the IORP II
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NewsIrish Pensions Authority flags governance gaps in 2024 supervisory review
The Authority conducted compliance audits across various pension funds focusing on adherence to regulatory standards and the effectiveness of internal controls
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Country ReportIreland country report 2025: Post-election – is auto-enrolment coming?
After successive delays, the country’s new auto-enrolment retirement system is finally set to get off the ground this year
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Country ReportIreland gears up to future-proof pensions
Getting the country’s new auto-enrolment system up and running is a major priority to meet the needs of an expanding workforce
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Managers of Irish institutional assets 2025
IPE’s latest survey of Ireland’s institutional asset management market covers €294.9bn in total assets managed by 23 domestic and global managers for Irish institutional clients, with €108.9bn invested by pension funds.
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NewsIreland's auto-enrolment system to launch as ‘My Future Fund’
Tata Consultancy Services signs contract as the service provider, while National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA) is established
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Special ReportIreland: Auto-enrolment slips to vaguer deadline
With a general election looming, there are concerns that workplace pensions will not be a priority
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NewsFondaereo picks Ireland to set up cross-border scheme
The plan to become a cross-border scheme runs in parallel with a review of the scheme’s investment policies for its new sub-funds ‘Equilibrio’ and ‘Crescita’
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NewsCost Transparency Standard for pension schemes launches in Ireland
It will enable trustees to better understand the investment costs they pay and to benchmark these costs against their peers
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NewsIreland president to enact auto-enrolment bill as it passes Dáil
Tata Consultancy Services is selected as ‘preferred bidder’ for administrator
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NewsIreland’s master trust market balloons to €22bn
The growth followed the implementation of IORP II
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NewsIrish auto-enrolment deadline branded ‘ambitious’
Irish government is targeting 1 January 2025 as a deadline for introduction of auto-enrolment
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NewsIrish government publishes bill paving way for pension auto-enrolment
The bill will be brought before the Oireachtas immediately after the Easter Recess
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Country ReportIreland country report 2024: A no-nonsense consolidation approach
Ireland’s bid to reduce the number of single-member DC pension funds is succeeding but is not without teething troubles
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Country ReportIrish DB funding level above 100%
The average funding level of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in Ireland has increased to 108% in 2022.
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Country ReportViewpoint: Irish pension trustees must heed employer covenant
Sponsors can do more to secure DB member benefits
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Country ReportViewpoint: Ireland’s pension priorities for 2024
The country’s retirement landscape is changing fast
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Country ReportISIF: Impact investment fund with a difference
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund’s focus is on driving the sustainable development of the Irish economy
