IPE's CEE Coverage – Page 17
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Special Report
Central & Eastern Europe Investment: Eastward flows
Emerging Europe is looking ever more attractive to foreign investment flows, writes Daniel Ben-Ami. But should investors look east or south, to manufacturing or to retail?
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Central & Eastern Europe Investment: Fundamentally compelling
Despite emerging market turmoil, David Zahn argues that fiscal rectitude and a shared desire to join the euro sustain the investment cases for many eastern European bond markets
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Special ReportCentral & Eastern Europe Investment: The emerging Cinderella
Private market investors remain wary despite the apparent robustness of eastern Europe’s opportunities, writes Jennifer Bollen
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Special ReportCentral & Eastern Europe Investment: The twin peripheries
After years of turmoil, Europe has two groups of reformed economies at its southern and eastern edges. But Charlotte Moore finds that they are not equally-positioned, and both still include countries with deep problems
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Special ReportCentral & Eastern Europe Investment: Latvia: Bounceback economy adopts the euro
Latvia is the eighteenth and newest member of the EU and was the fourth CEE state, after Slovenia, Slovakia and Estonia, to join the euro-zone.
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Special ReportCentral & Eastern Europe Investment: Serbia: Knocking on the EU’s door and attracting ex-EU investment
Serbia is close to opening discussions on EU accession, which has long been a target for the country after the traumatic Yugoslav wars of independence during the 1990s.
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Special ReportCentral & Eastern Europe Investment: Turkey: Growth, but with deficits and political uncertainty
Analysts and asset managers following Turkish markets say the main issues affecting future Turkish risk rating are Fed ‘tapering’, the development of European economies and domestic politics. Turkey is heading towards local elections in March and presidential elections in July 2014. Both will pave the way for general elections scheduled for the summer of 2015.
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Special ReportCentral & Eastern Europe Investment: Lithuania: Euro membership versus Russia’s gravitational pull
Lithuania is tantalisingly close to qualifying for euro-zone membership in 2015. Inflation, which was responsible for the country failing in its 2007 attempt, has been tamed to within the Maastricht level.
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New Czech government looks set to dismantle second-pillar pension system
Social Democrats likely to lead coalition with ANO 201, Christian Democratics
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CEE countries justified in rolling back pensions reforms, World Bank says
Organisation warns region’s governments against linking benefits ‘inversely’ to life expectancy
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Lithuanian pension funds 'surprised' by contribution increases
Significant number of participants prove willing to make extra second-pillar contributions
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Polish president's comments dash pension industry's hope for reprieve
Bronisław Komorowski suggests he will not veto government’s controversial reform
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Opposition to Poland's pensions reform wanes as bill nears vote
Government appears to have scrapped imprisonment penalty for OFE advertising
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Romania bucks CEE trend by increasing second-pillar pension contributions
Government to increase second-pillar contributions by 50 basis points
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Polish pensions reform draws more flak from within government
Government Legislation Centre questions constitutionality of second-pillar reform
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Romanian second-pillar pension funds surge in size, profitability
Total net asset value in country’s eight schemes increases by nearly 50% year on year
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Poland's second-pillar pensions overhaul 'classic' form of expropriation – Attorney General
List of state institutions criticising government’s plans grows longer by day
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Polish president vows to examine controversial second-pillar bill
Bronisław Komorowski to consider whether bill violates Polish Constitution
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Poland places further restrictions on second-pillar pension funds
OFE advertising made criminal offence subject to prison term of up to two years
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Confusion reigns as Russia shakes up second-pillar system
State ‘temporarily’ seizes non-state pension savings, freezes second-pillar contributions
