Financial Advisors Offers New Comprehensive Pension Review Service

Independent financial advisory & audit firm Ark Finance are now offering corporate clients a comprehensive review service for their pension scheme arrangements.

2013-02-16

DUBLIN, IRELAND, February 16, 2013 (Press-News.org) Independent financial advisory & audit firm Ark Finance are now offering corporate clients a comprehensive review service for their pension scheme arrangements.

Once completed this independent review will provide scheme trustees with a report on the effective functioning of their pension scheme. Focus areas are agreed with the trustees, but typically include; management controls, investment strategy, scheme costs and legislative compliance.

Recent findings from completed reviews have revealed administration charges that scheme trustees were unaware of and which lowered the investment returns for scheme members.

Ark Finance provide financial advice and services to both personal and business clients throughout Ireland.

Director of Ark Finance Morton Rennick is pleased to be able to offer this service and is confident that it will be a popular and beneficial one.

'It can happen that some pension schemes do not deliver everything that they initially promise. This service will allow clients to be confident that they will that the return that they expect.'

Ark Finance is an audit, accounting & financial advisory firm based in Kildare, Ireland.

Website: www.arkfinance.ie

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