IPE's CEE Coverage – Page 2
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News
The Netherlands returns to top spot in Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
The index report also examined the potential of artificial intelligence to improve pension and social security systems
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Asset Class Reports
Corporate borrowers in emerging markets put to the test
Many emerging market companies have healthy balance sheets and weathered the COVID crisis well. How will they fare if global growth slows?
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Features
Ukraine: The mother of all impact investments
Institutional investors can play a crucial role in rebuilding Ukraine in a post-war future
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Interviews
PZU TFI: Building the future of Polish pensions
Marcin Żółtek (pictured), CEO of PZU TFI, one of Poland’s largest managers of DC pension savings, tells Jakub Janas and Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the firm’s role in the Polish pension system
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Opinion Pieces
Might Ukraine’s distressed assets one day look attractive to pension funds?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has tested Europe’s political and economic resolve. But where Vladimir Putin attempted to sow discord, he instead has failed to divide the West.
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News
Financial industry will ‘rapidly’ react to price externalities, Nordea’s CEO says
Diversification, with a balance of equities and bonds in an investment portfolio, did not work last year, says Nils Bolmstrand
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Country Report
Country Report – Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe (January 2023)
Poland’s PPK auto-enrolment system marks its fourth anniversary this month. It can hardly be described as a complete success given the participation rate is stuck at just over a third of the working population. Some initial projections foresaw a 70% takeup level. But with assets approaching €2.5bn and rapidly growing, there is a sense that this is a relatively good outcome for a country with no tradition of independent retirement saving and where the previous second pillar system was radically overhauled just a few years ago, leaving ordinary citizens confused and mistrustful.
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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Poland’s qualified success with auto enrolment
Participation in the PPK auto-enrolment remains stable if relatively low and assets are growing steadily
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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Kosovo Pensions Trust’s journey to maturity
10% contribution rate is low for the Balkans and changes could be afoot
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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Tax breaks boost Romania’s pensions
Challenges remain as critics eye poor investment performance
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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Lithuania’s growing interest in alternatives
Local funds would like to see a more diverse range of domestic investment opportunities, including through more local listings
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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Will Bulgaria seize the PEPP opportunity?
Bulgaria’s DC pension system should face up to the PEPP
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News
Private equity investments in CEE poised for strong growth
CEE countries show consistent outperformance, compared to Western Europe, according to Bain research
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Opinion Pieces
Institutional capital for energy resilience
Ukraine’s independence day on 24 August also marked six months since the start of Russia’s invasion and with it a profound shift in the global geopolitical and economic balance.
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Features
CEE private equity: in search of capital
War in Ukraine is just one factor deterring investment in private equity and growth capital in Central and Eastern Europe
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Special Report
Top 500 Asset Managers 2022
The emergence of persistent higher inflation, China’s zero-COVID policy, stress on global supply chains, and Russia’s Ukraine war all suggest that the asset total of this year’s IPE Top 500 Asset Managers Guide represents a high water mark.
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Special Report
Outlook: Future of hydrocarbons
The OECD remains critically dependent on Russian oil and gas – and finding alternative sources will be very hard
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News
BoE warns of challenges from war in Ukraine
Depressed equities, costs from migration, supply chain disruption and high inflation are some of the issues with which pensions must grapple
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News
ESG roundup: Mercer hooks up with Ortec for climate portfolio modelling
Plus: Green, social and sustainability bonds acceleration; Pictet picked for biodiversity research programme; Nordic pension investors on ESG strategy