Irish pension funds manage €128 billion of retirement savings.

It’s a very important job and one which needs to weigh up risk versus reward for the savers. But it’s also a very profitable line of business for the big insurance companies who hold great power with their shareholdings in businesses all over the world. But are they exercising that power correctly?

Speaking to Joe on the show this morning was Jerry Moriarty the boss of the Irish Association of Pension Funds.