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Zurich's online interactive employee retirement portal is designed to bring pension schemes to life and to help members to personalise their plan to suit their preferences, writes Rose Leonard.

The global index trended downwards over the course of the week, finishing 0.6% lower in euro terms as concerns around Trump's policies come to the fore, writes Ian Slattery.

Encouraging St Mary's students to take a proactive approach to their mental and physical fitness is important and so too is the schools support of Tackle Your Feelings, writes IRUPA's Richard McElwee.

Stocks defy data and continue moving forward in spite of changes across the political landscape, writes Ian Slattery.

The markets struggled to find direction in the week leading up to the inauguration of Donald Trump, and some of the uncertainty over his future policies began to leak into financial markets, writes Ian Slattery.

In his weekly round-up of the markets, Ian Slattery reports that equities moved higher as interest rate expectations rise.

In his monthly review of the investment markets, Richard Temperley finds a high level of volatility but with strong returns from a number of asset classes, especially equities.

The Zurich Insurance Graduate Development Programme is designed for talented graduates with the drive and ambition to become senior technical experts and leaders within Zurich's worldwide Group.

Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States in Washington DC this week and the tone and content of his speech will be heavily scrutinised as will Teresa May's speech outlining her Brexit negotiations plans, writes Ian Slattery.

The team at Zurich Investments look at the year ahead to see how the economic and political landscape will shape and influence the performance of the investment markets.

As another year of active investing begins, David Warrens reflects on last year's market performance and suggests that volatility in investments and positive returns from equities are two main trends that will continue in 2017.

Ian Slattery reports on a positive start to the year, with the global index rising and commodities such as gold, silver, crude oil, and copper all posting gains.