IPE's CEE Coverage – Page 19
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Country Report
Central and Eastern Europe: National wealth
Iain Morse outlines the development of Russia’s two sovereign wealth funds
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Country Report
Central and Eastern Europe: Russia’s hot potato
Iain Morse surveys Russia’s nascent occupational pensions market
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Country Report
Central and Eastern Europe: Domestic pressure
Measures by Iceland’s Central Bank to gradually adjust the krona’s exchange rate are forcing pension funds to invest mainly in domestic krona-denominated assets, reports Iain Morse
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News
IMF weighs in on pension systems in Germany, CEE
EUROPE - According to the IMF, German Pensionskassen can survive a low-interest rate environment for several years - but the organisation sees pension book reserves held on balance sheets becoming a problem. In its most recent assessment of Germany, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that “soundness indicators” ...
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News
Poland raids private pensions to keep state scheme solvent
But critics claim the government’s move makes insolvency more likely.
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Court ruling on 'discriminatory' transfer of Hungarian pension assets imminent
Government has further announced cancellation of FT7.5bn (€27m) worth of debt.
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Romanian pension funds return 15.1% for 2010
ROMANIA – The nine pension funds in Romania’s mandatory second pillar ended the year with another positive quarter, bringing the total performance to 15.1%.
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Special Report
Hungary: Death by 1000 cuts
Thomas Escritt charts the Hungarian government’s highly controversial plans to nationalise the country’s supplementary pension funds
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Special ReportPoland: Ongoing pensions saga
Krystyna Krzyzak charts moves, countermoves and conflicting policies for reform of Poland’s supplementary pension system
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Special Report
Turkey: Crossroads of change
Turkey has undergone a tremendous growth cycle transforming it from basketcase to poster boy. Baldwin Berges comments on the reasons and the potential consequences
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Special ReportDiversity revealed
The financial crisis and recession across Europe has uncovered fundamental differences between CEE economies and markets. Krystyna Krzyzak untangles what we have learned
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Special Report
Convergence to emergence
There is much diversity in emerging Europe’s debt markets, finds Matthew Craig
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Special Report
PE hits CEE heights
Europe’s biggest LBO of 2009 was a CEE deal, reports Joseph Mariathasan. But it is difficult to see the region becoming a core emerging market private equity market like Asia
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Special Report
Russia: The Wild East
By any measure, Russia is among the cheapest of the major emerging markets. Martin Delaney asks, is this an opportunity, or a sensible ‘wild east’ discount?
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Special ReportRussia: Untapped energy
Martin Delaney discovers that it is the growing middle class and its appetite to consume that drives Russian markets – not just oil and gas
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News
EU ministers fail to address sanctions despite Hungary claim
EUROPE – The recent meeting of European Union finance ministers ended with no agreement on the treatment of countries with transitional excessive budget deficits arising from a pension reform.
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FeaturesCEE: political changes add to uncertainty on pensions reform
Thomas Escritt looks at recent developments in the pensions systems of some of the regionís major economies
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Features
In the centre of things
Iain Morse finds private equity limited partners in central and eastern Europe hungry for long-term capital
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News
Funded first pillar raises CEE mobility questions
EUROPE – Non-accumulated pension assets from various first pillar pension systems might lead to problems for people wanting to buy an annuity, a representative of the Slovak ministry for social affairs has warned at a conference in Vienna.
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NewsHungarian growth funds return almost 26%
HUNGARY – The growth portfolios of the 19 mandatory Hungarian pension funds returned 25.95% over the last year with the average performance of all funds standing at 18.6%.
