Pensions Time Bomb
Ireland is facing a pensions time bomb. Everyone knows it, yet no one is doing anything to defuse the bomb
Most Irish people have probably never heard of Mrs Watanabe – but they need to.
Mrs Watanabe is the fictional Japanese housewife who manages the family finances for millions of Japanese families.
More than just a keeper of the household budget, however, she is also a small retail investor who takes a small amount of her family’s money and speculates on the financial markets in small, low-risk investments that produce a greater income.