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Ardbrack Financial Blogs & Research Pieces
The Overlooked Hassles of Owning Property
When building wealth for retirement, we often focus solely on the price tag of investments. However, many overlook a crucial insight that the true cost of owning assets extends far beyond the initial purchase price. Sound financial planning involves accumulating... read more
Difficult Conversations: The Heart of Financial Guidance
For many years, the role of a financial adviser was limited to providing access to financial products, often acting more as an order-taker than an advice-giver. However, in an era where financial information is at our fingertips and financial products are readily... read more
Taking The First Steps Towards Financial Clarity
Getting Organised The first step in the financial planning process is gathering all the information needed to make financial decisions. Because this can take valuable time, people are often tempted to jump straight to the decision. This usually leads to suboptimal... read more
Where to Park Cash in 2024
We know the main driver of growing our wealth over the medium to long term – owning stakes in all the great companies of the world via low-cost investment funds. This remains unchanged for 2024 as it did in 2023, and as it always will. It’s the core of our investment... read more
12 Principles of Sustainable Investing
What as individual citizens and investors can we realistically achieve with our long-term savings?
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What do we own?
We may not think about it often, but most of the products we consume in a typical day are produced and sold by companies that we own in our investment funds. A Regular Day For example, we might start the day using Palmolive shower gel and Head & Shoulders... read more
Considering Retirement Overseas?
One of the main benefits of EU membership is the ability for Irish people to live, work, and retire to any country within the union. It has become quite common for Irish people to live part of the year – or full time – in another country, often Portugal, Spain, France... read more
Sustainability Investment Strategies
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Pension Planning for Business Owners – Important Update Q1 2023
The Background Pension legislation is constantly changing – tax relief limits, allowable contributions, retirement ages, eligible investment types, etc. European legislation transposed into Irish law in 2022 brought an abrupt end to the main pension planning route for... read more
