When you’re investing your hard-earned assets, decisions can be difficult. Deciding how much of your portfolio to allocate to equities, fixed income and cash can be even more complicated. Then you have to consider the specifics: should you invest in value or growth equities, big and small equities or foreign and domestic equities? And what about the relative risks between these investments? Our goal is to help you make these decisions. We believe the right mix of securities can be an effective way to reach your long-term goals while helping you manage volatility and reduce risk.

We believe it’s important to minimise investment risk by diversifying your portfolio across a range of countries, sectors and styles. This can help you gain exposure to more opportunities, and potentially maximise your potential returns. However, many investors tend to favour securities familiar to them, which can be a source of risk.

Explore Innovative Investment Strategies in Ireland

Explore Investment Strategies in Ireland was swept up in the global financial crisis, but its return to economic health required homegrown solutions: restructuring banks, getting government finances back on track, and working out a mountain of bad debts. It was only in 2012 that the economy started to recover.

Ireland is Europe’s leading hub for alternative investment funds, with a favourable regulatory environment that attracts fund managers and investors from around the world. In this episode, Stephen Hickey and Eamon Burns from Ocorian discuss the process of setting up a Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Fund (QIAIF) in Ireland. These regulated funds are designed for sophisticated investors and are an efficient vehicle for investment in private equity, real estate and hedge funds.