Perspective

  • 16/04/2012 / Perspective - April 2012

    Perspective April 2012 - Rally Continues Across Markets

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  • 12/03/2012 / Perspective - March 2012

    Perspective March 2012 - Further Good Progress Being Made

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  • 13/02/2012 / Perspective - February 2012

    Perspective February 2012 - 2012 - Off To A Good Start

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  • 16/01/2012 / Perspective - January 2012

    Perspective January 2012 - All's Not Well That Ends Well

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  • 19/12/2011 / Perspective - December 2011

    Perspective December 2011 - The Debt Crisis Strikes Back

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  • 30/11/2011 / Perspective - November 2011

    Perspective November 2011 - Positive Returns - first time in 4 months

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  • 10/10/2011 / Perspective - October 2011

    Perspective October 2011 - 10% losses on Pension Funds since start of year

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  • 05/09/2011 / Perspective - September 2011

    Perspective September 2011 - Worst Returns since of 2008 

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  • 16/08/2011 / Perspective - August 2011

    Perspective August 2011 - Debt Crisis upsetting Funds 

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  • 06/07/2011 / Perspective - July 2011

    Perspective July 2011 - Continued financial unsettlement in Greece leads to a disappointing month to end Q2 

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  • 08/06/2011 / Perspective - June 2011

    Lacklustre month for funds again Monthly returns were marginally positive again in May despite the fact equities performed poorly across the month.  The average managed fund rose 0.7% during May...

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  • 09/05/2011 / Perspective - May 2011

    Funds marginally increase in April Monthly returns were positive for April, primarily due to equities performing well throughout the month. The average managed fund rose 0.8% during April 2011, but w...

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  • 11/04/2011 / Perspective - April 2011

    Earthquake disaster and nuclear crisis in Japan affect returns in March Monthly returns were negative in March mainly given that equities fell significantly in the middle of the month due to the eart...

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  • 21/03/2011 / Perspective - March 2011

    Clustering Returns in February Fund returns were positive for the month of February 2011 due to rising confidence in the US and European economies. The average managed fund rose 1.5% during February ...

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  • 09/02/2011 / Perspective - February 2011

    Unsteady Start for 2011-   Fund returns were mixed for the start of 2011. The average managed fund rose 0.1% during January 2011, and 4.7% in the last 3 months. Five managers produced negative ...

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  • 31/01/2011 / Perspective - January 2011

    Perspective - January 2011  Perspective recaps on how the markets and managed funds performed in December 2010. Following positive returns throughout October and November pension funds ros...

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  • 21/12/2010 / Perspective - December 2010

    Perspective recaps on how the markets and managed funds performed in November 2010. November was a stable month for Irish Managed Funds following positive returns throughout September and October. &...

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  • 05/10/2009 / Perspective - September 2009 Volume 1

    Perspective - September 2009 Volume 1 Perspective recaps on how the markets and managed funds performed in August 2009 and also there is a special feature on the performance of property funds and h...

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  • 04/09/2009 / Perspective - August 2009 Volume 1

    Perspective - August 2009 Volume 1 Perspective recaps on how the markets and managed funds performed in July 2009; we take a look at how Irish exports defy gravity and also there is a special featu...

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  • 29/07/2009 / Perspective - July 2009 Volume 1

    Perspective - July 2009 Volume 1 This month Attain recaps on both the local and global stock market performance for June 2009. Download...

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  • 22/06/2009 / Perspective - June 2009 Volume 1

    Perspective - June 2009 Volume 1 The Perspective newsletter recaps on both the local and global stock market performance for May 2009. Download...

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  • 11/06/2009 / Perspective - May 2009 Volume 2

    Perspective - May 2009 Volume 2 In the second edition of Perspective, Attain looks at stock market activity for the month of April 2009. Download...

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  • 25/05/2009 / Perspective - May 2009 Volume 1

    Perspective -  May 2009 Volume 1 In this first edition, Attain looks at the main challenges that HR professionals are facing with their company pension schemes at the present time. Download...

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