What is Pensions Awareness Week?
Pensions Awareness Week (PAW) is an initiative to raise awareness about the importance of pensions and retirement planning for all people in Ireland.Many of us feel that we should be doing more to get to grips with our pension plans. Pensions Awareness Week is where that conversation starts. It’s the only place where pension savers, pension experts, businesses and financial wellbeing organisations get together to offer help. Join the conversation by registering today!This year, it’s been impossible to ignore the markets.
The last eight months have had their fair share of drama. There have been bank failures and price falls – but also asset price recoveries in some sectors, an improving inflation trend, and continued economic resilience in most of the developed world.This session looks at how you should invest your pension in 2023 and beyond.
Which regions of the world are hot, and which are best avoided? Should you reallocate in or out of equities?
What’s the outlook for commodities and bonds?Whether it’s market ups and downs, new investment opportunities or new attitudes to existing investments, having a grip on how your pension is invested can make a big difference to your future.Your destination is in sight. And while there are still a few stops to go it’s important to get your head around that final destination (and beyond!). You’ve worked hard for many years so it’s important that your pension is sufficient to suit the lifestyle you want and deserve in retirement. A little planning while on the road is worth the effort before you reach your destination.
This session, designed exclusively for executives approaching retirement, aims to make their transition from work to retirement smooth and enjoyable by carefully considering the relevant issues from financial questions like investment planning, and how you draw down your pension, or how to handle your pension in your estate planning, to less concrete considerations, like planning your post-retirement ‘career’.
Directors and owners of small companies and business owners have unique opportunities to use pensions as a way to extract value from a company in a highly efficient manner. Whether you are starting from scratch, or want to improve on your existing pension arrangement, this 40 minute webinar will help your clients get a grip on what pensions can do for their wealth through their company.
Separately there has been a large number of regulatory changes within the pensions sector which are having an impact on pensions for the self-employed. These include the introduction of advantages to using a PRSA over the single member executive pensions, to the pending introduction of auto-enrolment. Intended for owners and the self-employed, this session will focus on how some of the recent regulatory changes impact the self-employed and what practical steps can be taken by business owners to take advantage of them.Getting a company pension offering right for management and staff can make a real difference, Running a small or medium-sized business, or forming a new business in Ireland, means wearing a lot of hats.The focus needs to be on business growth, product development, and smooth operations.
When it comes to HR, keeping it simple and delivering benefits your team actually values is critical.At the same time, a strong pension and benefits offering is a great way to recruit, reward and retain staff. Pensions can also enable owner-managers to extract value in a highly efficient manner. And if you set up your pension offering right, the administrative burden on the business can be minimized.
Happily, it has never been easier for SMEs and new businesses to put a compelling workplace benefits plan in place, whether you are starting from scratch, or want to improve on your existing offering.To support Pensions Awareness Week we are giving away 2 vouchers for our 1:1 executive retirement planning course. If you would like to win one of those all you need to do is to register here for the Company Pensions for SME’s webinar that will be held on the 29th September.
