Smart Finance

03/02/2017

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/property-mortgages/homeowners-could-see-160k-written-off-mortgage-as-vulture-fund-offers-huge-discount-35419888.html

A vulture fund that took over thousands of mortgages is offering to sell homeowners their tracker homeloans at a huge discount.

13/01/2017

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/200-pfizer-employees-vote-for-industrial-action-in-dispute-over-pensions-772074.html

More than 200 Pfizer workers in Cork have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a dispute over employee pensions, writes Pádraig H***e.

23/09/2016

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/savers-have-you-risked-it-all-for-a-quick-buck-35057419.html

19/08/2016

http://www.smartfinance.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Retirement-Options.pdf

28/07/2016

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/aib-to-tell-3000-they-are-getting-trackers-back-34918585.html

AIB is set to announce today that it is restoring around 3,000 mortgage customers to valuable tracker mortgage rates.

09/07/2016

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/why-are-some-workers-entitled-to-claim-thousands-in-flatrate-expense-allowances-34851614.html

I'm a waiter full-time at a hotel in the city. We have to supply our own uniforms (bar the shirts, which are supplied by my employer).

24/06/2016

http://www.finance.gov.ie/news-centre/press-releases/minister-finance-improves-options-pensioners

The Minister for Finance has arranged for individuals who have a Buy-out Bond that originated in a Defined Benefit pension scheme to be allowed to use their Buy-out Bonds to access the flexible option of an Approved Retirement Fund or ARF option.

06/06/2016

http://www.smartfinance.ie/lia-factsheet-2016/

The Life Issurance Association (LIA) produce this very useful factsheet annually. It contains a multitude of financial information including State Benefits, Bank deposit interest rates, and Inheritance Tax rates, thresholds etc. A very useful reference document. As always I am contactable by phone o...

19/05/2016

What happens my pension if I die? – This is one of the many questions I am often asked when I am engaged by clients to provide advice on Retirement Planning and to set a pension plan up for them.

http://www.smartfinance.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/New-Ireland-Death-Benefits-Under-Pension-Products.pdf

Source: New Ireland – John Killeen Pensions Specialist 19/05/2016.

17/05/2016

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/planning-to-buy-a-house-heres-how-to-get-the-cheapest-mortgage-34719071.html

In an expected move, AIB will, for the fourth time in 18 months, drop its variable mortgage rate from July 1. Curiously, sister banks EBS and Haven haven't followed suit.