IPE's CEE Coverage – Page 14
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Country Report
Pensions In Central & Eastern Europe: Around the region
A Central & Eastern Europe roundup with Carlo svaluto moreolo
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Country Report
Pensions In Central & Eastern Europe: The freeze continues
Regulatory uncertainty is clouding the Russian second pillar system. The market outlook following international sanctions over Ukraine and a drastically lower oil price is almost certain to hit returns, finds Krystyna Krzyzak
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Country Report
Pensions In Central & Eastern Europe: Azerbaijan seeks Latvian and German expertise
In 2013, Azerbaijan and the European Union signed agreements for a twinning project, funded by the EU, which seeks to establish a funded non-state second pillar. Azerbaijan manages assets of over €27bn in its State Oil Fund.
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Country Report
Pensions In Central & Eastern Europe: A closing chapter
Pension fund reforms launched in 2013 by the government of Petr Nečas have fallen flat. The voluntary second pillar is to be abolished as of January 2016, while many of the third pillar funds will have to be merged to meet capital requirements.
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Country Report
Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe: Growing pains
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo assesses Croatia’s mandatory pension system as it digests new rules creating lifestyle strategies and loosening restrictions on domestic equity and foreign investments
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Country Report
Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe: The ‘living organism’ of Macedonian pensions a decade after reforms
Macedonia was one of the latest countries in Eastern Europe to restructure its pension system, having implemented a major reform in 2005.
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Country Report
Pension in Central & Eastern Europe: Rumours of nationalisation persist in Bulgaria’s second-pillar system
The Bulgarian press was full of speculation last November about the nationalisation of second-pillar assets. When the Hungarian government froze all contributions to the second pillar in 2010 and appropriated most of the assets, pension industries in the region, including Bulgaria, have lived in fear of similar attempts.
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Country Report
Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe: Unwanted child no longer
Romania’s privatisation programme is providing domestic pension funds with more investment opportunities, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Country Report
Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe: In search of size and scale
Rachel Fixsen speaks to the CEOs of two of Latvia’s open pension funds about strategy, consolidation and communication
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News
Bulgaria set to follow Hungary, Poland in raid of second-pillar pensions
Decision shocks pensions industry, gives Parliament handful of working days to vote 2015 Budget through
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Putin signs off on Russian second-pillar pensions law
Contributions moratorium extended to 2015
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Features
Special Report – Outlook 2015: War on Europe’s frontier
The economic and financial impact of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Ukraine’s ongoing civil strife are mostly limited to the prime actors, writes Daniel Ben-Ami. But the Baltics are also exposed, and risks would be posed to the rest of Europe by an escalation of sanctions or a disruption of ...
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Features
Global rating of pension systems, interview with David Knox, Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions index
Now in its sixth year, the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension index has become a yardstick for the world’s industry to assess the successes and failures of pensions policy.
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News
Hungarian government to seize remaining private pension fund assets
What little is left of former mandatory pension system under threat again
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Czech second-pillar pension system to close by January 2016
Finance Minister had preferred later closure over concerns over legal challenges
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Estonian Fund Managers Association becomes member of PensionsEurope
Central, Eastern European pension funds ‘important’ for European association’s strategy
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Slovenia’s Triglav makes bid for pension fund manager
Country’s largest insurance company aims to take over major pensions provider
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Croatian pension funds in limbo as road monetisation plan faces challenge
Opponents call referendum to block scheme to monetise debts of national motorway authority
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News
CEE roundup: Russia, Lithuania, Latvia
Moratorium on Russian contributions for 2015 passes first Duma reading
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NewsIceland's MP Banki offloads pensions business in Lithuania
MP Pension Funds Baltic sold to investment manager Invalda LT
