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Presales Report Creator

After a client chooses Zurich, the next step involves pulling together your Pre-Sales pack. Our helpful online Pre-sales Report Creator is available for Protection, Pensions, Savings and Investments.

Power2Progress

Coming together for the first time in person, the Power 2 Progress shared learning day in UCD last month, finally gave us a chance to meet some of the fantastic students and teachers from the programme.

US equities enter bear market

Equity markets suffered their worst week since March 2020 as the flagship S&P 500 index slid into a bear market last Monday, before finishing the week 24% off its record high set in the first week of 2022, writes Ian Slattery. 

Zurich launches new Indexed Commodities Fund

Zurich has recently enhanced our fund offering by adding a new Indexed Commodities Fund to our range as a standalone option for investors. The fund also forms part of the alternatives component of the Prisma multi-asset fund range.

Auto-enrolment set to change Ireland’s pension landscape

A proposed auto-enrolment retirement savings system could be introduced in Ireland as early as next year. So, who will be required to automatically enrol in the new scheme? Zurich Head of Corporate Life & Pensions Joe Creegan explains how it could work. This article was originally published in Accountancy Ireland.

The Active Asset Allocation Fund

A flexible management approach leads to consistent performance.

Central banks continue to tighten policy in May

In this investment podcast recorded on June 8th 2022, we speak about recent market movements and Zurich's Investment outlook in relation to the our funds. This month our fund in focus is the Active Asset Allocation fund. All the information contained in this podcast was accurate at the time of recording.

Inflation spikes preceding this week’s interest rate hikes

Equities fell once again last week, to extend losses for the year, writes Ian Slattery. 

Early intervention on personal income protection a game changer

Having made it through a pandemic that many of us probably thought was going to be an enforced two week stay at home in March 2020, now is the time to take notice of what kind of financial protection we hold and should hold.

May 2022 Financial Broker Newsletter

The latest Financial Broker Newsletter has been published. Read the full newsletter here.

S&P 500 breaks string of declines

The US stock market, which makes up two thirds of the global stock market, was up 4.3% in euro terms this week with the large-cap S&P 500 breaking a string of seven consecutive weekly declines, writes Ian Slattery. 

Equity losing streak continues as bears remain in control

US stocks led the global index lower, with the S&P 500 hitting an intraday bear market Friday afternoon before rallying into the close, writes Ian Slattery. 
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