Irish pension funds lost e4bn (£3bn) in the first two weeks of this year - as much as they did throughout 2007, Mercer says.
The consultant says funds heavily weighted in equities had suffered the greatest losses. It said Irish managed pension funds had lost between 3pc and 4.5pc in value in just two weeks, while the I...
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