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The Government’s new auto-enrolment pension scheme will begin on 30 September 2025.

Are you maximising your pension contributions? Tax relief is available on personal contributions made to pension plans, making them an incredibly efficient way of reducing your taxable income. The amount of net relevant earnings/remuneration on which tax relief can be claimed is €115,000. The maximum contribution rate (including both AVCs (Additional Voluntary Contributions) and ordinary…

The Weekly View, 9th September 2024 Hello and welcome to the Unio Weekly View for the week beginning 9th September, our summary of markets and macro news.     In Summary The market’s focus this week will be on Europe, as the ECB will make an interest rate call on the 12th. Earlier this summer…

The Weekly View, 2nd September 2024 Hello and welcome to the Unio Weekly View for the week beginning 02 September, our summary of markets and macro news.   In Summary Last week’s market movement was heavily influenced by the quarterly report of Nvidia, which grew revenue 122% QoQ but still missed some extremely high expectations set…

The Weekly View 26th August, 2024 Welcome to the Unio Weekly View for the week beginning 26th August, our summary of markets and macro news. Watch our investment brief for the week ahead:   This week is dominated by inflation data which includes releases from Australia, Germany, and the Eurozone on the 28th, 29th and…

The Weekly View 19th August, 2024 Welcome to the Unio Weekly View for the week beginning 19th August, our summary of markets and macro news. Watch this week’s investment brief in full:   This week: – After a positive inflation print in the US last week, attention will now turn to the release of the…

The Weekly View 12th August 2024 Welcome to the Unio Weekly View for the week beginning 12th August, our summary of markets and macro news. Watch this week’s investment brief in full: In summary: – Despite a volatile start in equity markets last week, by the close of business on Friday, the MSCI World had made…

Unio Employee Benefits | Irish Pensions Awards 2024 Shortlist We are delighted to share that Unio Employee Benefits has been shortlisted for not just one, but two categories in the 2024 Irish Pensions Awards Excellence in DC Award Communication Award This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our great team.…

The Weekly View 29th July 2024 Welcome to the Unio Weekly View, our summary of markets and macro news for the week beginning July 29th, 2024: – In markets news, it’s a big week for quarterly earnings as four of the “Magnificent 7” companies report this week – Microsoft, Meta (Facebook), Apple and Amazon – with…

The Weekly View 16th July 2024 Welcome to Unio’s weekly summary of market and macro news. It was a positive week for financial markets with investors buoyed by US inflation data, which showed headline inflation falling to 3.0% and spurring a belief in a rate cut in September. Global equities rose 0.5% over the week…