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Full coverage: Pensions

“We make zero assumptions about our clients”: Quilter Cheviot’s Patrick Good on wealth, planning and longevity

Patrick Good, head of wealth planning at Quilter Cheviot Europe, says longer retirements, volatile markets and fast-growing wealth outside Dublin are forcing investors to rethink how they structure and pass on assets.

Tom Lyons
26th May, 2026 - 10 min read

Thomas Hubert: There is no reason to doubt long-term market returns – or is there?

John Looby rightly argues that economic growth has held steady since the Industrial Revolution. But what happens when underlying global population growth and fossil-fuel use come to an end?

Thomas Hubert
20th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

€400k pensions headache: Department of Education left with legacy overpayment blunder

The department’s new shared service office faces a major clean-up job pursuing overpayments in 32 legacy cases due to errors in education and training board payments to retirees dating back 15 years.

Niall Sargent
2nd Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Fintech comes for pensions: Zen’s bid to disrupt a paper-based industry

Zen Pensions launched its fully-digital pension product to the Irish market last month but the company also has designs on international markets. CEO Ailish Dooley and chair Conor O'Neill discuss setting up in Ireland, expansion, and breaking even.

Michael Cogley
19th Jan, 2026 - 8 min read

New files reveal 40 former ministers and current cabinet impacted by pension blunder

The National Shared Services Office system is currently under DPER review. An audit completed this summer and released to The Currency shows red flags were raised with its pension system as early as 2015.

Niall Sargent
22nd Oct, 2025 - 4 min read

The Risk Register: Files show new laws needed to protect a depleting Social Insurance Fund

Enterprise department records shows civil servants raised alarm bells after a landmark WRC decision landed it with a €2.9m bill from the dwindling fund for social insurance and pension benefits.

Niall Sargent
7th Oct, 2025 - 4 min read

Pensions, regulatory reform, and private markets tee up next era of UK fintech

London has long been dominant in fintech. Politicians, regulators, founders, and stakeholders have been plotting The City's plans to retain its leadership position.

Michael Cogley
5th Jun, 2025 - 7 min read

A €5bn French investment firm has just led Kota’s new series A round. This is why

Luke Mackey's employee benefits tech start-up has secured a $14.5m round led by France's Eurazeo to scale its platform and serve a market that is "systematically undervalued".

Tom Lyons
22nd May, 2025 - 4 min read

John Looby: If you are saving for retirement, steer clear of bonds

Significantly more sensitive to losses than gains, and increasingly driven by an accelerating news cycle, pension savers are persistently destroying their wealth.

John Looby
10th Dec, 2024 - 3 min read

Pension auto-enrolment is coming. Employers need to start planning

The new auto-enrolment scheme for private pensions is expected to commence next year and now is the time for companies to get their ducks in a row.

Jonathan Keane
3rd Oct, 2024 - 4 min read
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