Your Business as a Personal Asset
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Turning your business into a personal asset is one of the most powerful methods of wealth creation there is, and will make you work smarter than ever before
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Corporate Banking Fees | Alternative Solutions
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Banks have started applying negative interest rates to corporate/business accounts. This fee can be as high as 0.65% per annum, meaning that businesses could be paying hundreds or thousands of euro simply to hold funds on deposit.
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Profit or Ethics - Do You Have to Choose?
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
One of the most common narratives of sustainable/green investing that we hear from fund managers and clients alike is that you have to sacrifice profit for ethics, which is to say that you can only have one or the other.
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After Biden, Brexit & Vaccine | The future of Green Investing
Friday, 13 November 2020
In a world recovering from a prolonged period of collective trauma, the temptation to ‘let loose’ is balanced by a desire to make meaningful difference. In this article I present the opinion that, for investors, going green offers..
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All-Star Award Announcement: Two-Time Winner!
Thursday, 29 October 2020
We have been certified for the second consecutive year! AIBF accredited companies are defined as progressive, indigenous Irish businesses, which meet the highest standards of verified performance, trust and customer centricity
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Markets and The 'Ruud Gullit Effect' | When the outlier drives the average
Friday, 28 August 2020
Probably the most important reason why pension and savings accounts have recovered their value in the 6 months since stock markets collapsed, and why the risk level inside indexes, usually considered the most diversified and robust investment funds
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A Revolut(ion) in Personal Finance is Here...
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
You probably haven’t heard of the Second Payment Service Directive regulation. However this innocuous sounding term has the potential to change the field of personal finance & banking forever, and today we saw the first example.
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Could You Be Ireland’s Top Investor?
Sunday, 03 May 2020
Curran Futures are delighted to launch our new competition. It’s easy to enter and play and there are great prizes on offer, plus the chance to compare your ‘investment smarts’ against family and friends over the next two weeks.
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Should I cancel my Life Assurance Policies to Save Money?
Wednesday, 01 April 2020
Right now, people are looking at ways to cut spending, especially with concerns over current and future income. This article answers some of the most common questions we’ve received about Life, Illness & Income Protection policies
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How is Your ARF Pension Affected by the Current Equity Markets?
Friday, 20 March 2020
At retirement most private pension holders are offered a choice to take a fixed, guaranteed income for life, known as an Annuity, or transfer the balance of their pension (after withdrawing the Tax Free Lump Sum) to an Approved Retirement Fund
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Coronavirus Update
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Following the release of recommended guidelines for businesses from the Department of Health, we have taken the decision to close the office from 5pm on Friday 13th March until March 29th or later, depending on additional instruction.
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An Investors Guide to Scary Markets
Thursday, 12 March 2020
If you’re reading this then, as a human being, you’re looking for one thing above all others –certainty. Nothing gives more reassurance and comfort to a person than absolute certainty about what will happen in the future.
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The Real Advisor Blog | Old Pensions
Monday, 09 March 2020
For anyone starting a Financial Planning Programme, Old Pension Plans are really good place to start. What I mean is that it is extremely easy to get amazing benefit in a relatively simple manner. And by amazing benefit, I’m talking about money
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2019 | The Forecast Fallacy
Monday, 23 December 2019
At this time of year I enjoy nothing more than opening my email archive and pulling out the communications from January 2019 to see what the ‘experts’ were forecasting for the year ahead.
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Article 6 - Overcoming The Action Gap:
Monday, 02 December 2019
Concepts like ‘Retirement’ or ‘Savings’ are far too vague and lacking in meaning to act as a real incentive to change. Instead we need real world goals that are genuinely impactful and emotionally connected
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Deadline to Reduce Your 2018 Income Tax Bill Is Almost Here
Sunday, 29 September 2019
As we approach October 31st, it is a very important time to take stock and see if you are in a position to reduce your income tax bill for 2018.
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Article 5 - Getting over the Action Gap
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
We would assume that ‘actions’ from advice are agreed to and implemented quickly, but once again the reality is far less simple!
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The Real Advisor Blog | Product-VS-Service
Thursday, 19 September 2019
The big difference between the advice you get from a Financial Planner and a Sales Person
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Article 4 - In the Land of Financial Planning, Cash(Flow) is King
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
At its core, Cash-Flow Modelling looks at your income and your expenditure every year for the rest of your life, with the goal that at no point is spending higher than earnings.
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Article 3 - Cleaning Out Your Financial Closet
Tuesday, 06 August 2019
The Pain (and much larger Gain) of looking at your financial circumstances
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Article 2 - How Do You Think We Can Help?
Friday, 19 July 2019
In my first piece for this series I wrote about the motivations for going to see a financial advisor. I propose that it is not as simple a question as it first seems and that there are often a whole number of sometimes complimentary, but often conflicting
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Article 1 - Why Have You Come Here?
Thursday, 11 July 2019
In most walks of life, your arrival into the office or shop of a service provider clearly identifies a need that you have. If you arrive at the reception of a car showroom, it’s probably because you need a new car but if you make contact with
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Award Winning
Friday, 28 June 2019
We are delighted to receive accreditation's which meet the highest standards of innovation, verified performance, trust and customer centricity.
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Our ''First'' Blog
Thursday, 30 May 2019
We are delighted to be our launching our new website and look forward to working with you in the coming months.
