Alan Merriman provides his new year’s resolutions.
Alan Merriman, Co-Founder & CEO of Elkstone
After a turbulent and twisting 2024, which featured geopolitical chaos and the
small matter of an Irish general election, businesses have a lot to think about
going into the new year. Given that January is a time for goal-setting, the Business Post asked business owners for their 2025 new year’s resolutions.
As part of this article, titled “Dubai launch; boosting the stock market; beating inertia - business leaders’ new year’s resolutions” , Alan Merriman, Co-Founder and CEO of Elkstone, provided his New Year resolutions which span clients, business, government and himself.
Some of Alan’s New Year’s Resolutions include:
Champion private markets - too many Irish investors cling to traditional public markets, missing out on smarter, diversified wealth-building.
Always Be Allocating— embrace private markets to secure the future. In 2025, we’re laser-focused on steering clients toward private markets, debunking myths about illiquidity, and showing that
private markets, done right, are less risky.Venture offers Long-term diversification - as an alternative investment, venture offers long-term
diversication for a more balanced portfolio, as well as higher returns.Ireland’s startup scene - proving it can deliver global winners and Elkstone rounded out
2024 with some exciting investments including LaNua Medical and Jentic.For government - a savings scheme could channel some of the Irish
public’s €160 billion in overnight deposits into Irish ventures and housing—think
of it as the equivalent of the cigarette ban or plastic bags policy initiative for
wealth creation.