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The truth about our rates

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Monday, 6 April 2009 | Category: Savings

Today we had to cut our on demand savings rate again. This in response to the ECB rate changes last week where the most important rate dropped to 1.25%. This rate cut was seen as vital to fight the global economic recession. Good news for most mortgage holders with variable rates, but the flipside of it that saving rates are also coming down.

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Security the new priority for savers?

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Thursday, 2 April 2009 | Category: Savings

Today I was browsing the RTE website and I found an interesting piece on the savings market. Our colleagues at Postbank revealed in their quarterly Savings Index that 54% of Irish savers say security is their prime consideration when choosing a place to save their money.

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Regular Investing – does it make sense in the current market?

Submitted by Killian Nolan | RaboDirect Investment Manager on Wednesday, 1 April 2009 | Category: Investments

The recent financial turmoil has tested and shaken the confidence of many investors. This is perfectly understandable, it hasn’t been an easy time for anyone, but those in the know will be familiar with a simple strategy that can help iron out the bumps during times like these. Regular Investing is a tried and tested strategy and well worth considering now that markets are 40% to 50% off their highs.

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Let’s get back to The Truth in banking

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Friday, 13 March 2009 | Category: General

If ever there was a time when people are looking for honesty and truth from their bank, it’s now! We really believe that’s true. At RaboDirect we’ve always been about committing to providing honest and easy to understand products in a sector that has historically been perceived as complicated, confusing and more recently, less than transparent!

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Help us choose our podcast topics

Submitted by Aoife Mahon | RaboDirect on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 | Category: General

For almost two years now we’ve had a host of podcasts available on our website for your listening pleasure from an array of financial columnists and economists. Our lives are hectic, that’s a given. And so the easier it is for you to get access to information about all things money, the better. That’s where podcasting at RaboDirect comes in!

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Investment training courses?

Submitted by Killian Nolan | RaboDirect Investment Manager on Monday, 16 February 2009 | Category: Investments

It’s hard to get enthusiastic about anything let alone your personal finances when George Lee is on the box (no offence George). There’s plenty of doom and gloom to go around and it’s easy to get dragged down, but we think there may be some opportunities starting to appear on the horizon so now might be a good time to think about opening an investment account or get back in the saddle.

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Some positive stuff about our Blog!

Submitted by Aoife Mahon | RaboDirect on Monday, 2 February 2009 | Category: General

Blogging has become more and more important at RaboDirect. We receive good and bad comments but we’re happy to post both, giving our readers a balanced view not only in response to what we’re doing at RaboDirect, but also in relation to what’s happening in this somewhat unpredictable market place. We’ve always been about interaction with our customers at the straight talking online bank. Our blog allows us to build on existing relationships further and or respond to those who maybe never want to have a relationship with us, but have a view on what we’re about.

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How to manage your savings during a banking crisis

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 | Category: Savings

It's all been happening! In the last few weeks, much has happened with the Irish banks. Anglo Irish is being nationalised. Some banks got downgrades in their credit ratings which means that rating agencies see increased levels of risk associated with these banks...

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Rabobank is holding its own!

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 | Category: General

As we know, there is currently much discussion on if, how, when and why Irish banks need extra capital. Banks need capital to be able to get credit going again to homeowners, SME’s and large companies so they can run their business, buy and sell houses and start spending money.

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Kick start 2009 with our Top Investment Picks

Submitted by Killian Nolan | lnvestment Manager RaboDirect on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 | Category: Investments

2008 was a rollercoaster year of upheaval and unpleasant surprises so what can we do to get 2009 off to a better start? We can’t give advice but to help give investors a steer on where to go next, we asked our Fund Managers to select their top funds for 2009.