Fiona Reddan

A peculiarity of the Irish market, allocation rates confuse at best; at worst they can severely hurt savers and investors. While there was discussion to ban allocation rates – a structure that facilitates the payment of commission – almost 10 years ago, i... See more

Following high profile and significant losses by retirement savers in unregulated loan notes, the Pension Authority is looking to clamp down on pension funds investing in assets like property. This could mean much tighter rules on what pension savers can ... See more

Thousands of retirement savers run the risk of seeing their self-administered pension either run up hefty bills or have their trustees resign if they don’t comply with a new regime by April 22nd. One-member schemes, known as executive pensions or small se... See more

Forget your stocks and shares; how about trying to do something positive for the environment, while earning some money from the land? Thanks to the State’s various tree incentive schemes, you don’t have to be a big farmer or have forestry experience to be... See more

For almost two decades, what many consider to be an essential part of a housing market has been absent from the Irish lending options: bridging loans. As one letter writer to this paper wrote back in 2021: “Bridging finance would enhance social mobility i... See more