All articles by John Lappin – Page 6
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Features
Austria: Government action depresses equities
The Austrian market has been underperforming in comparison with other continental markets where it normally shows a high correlation due to changes in its company taxation.Yet analysts believe that the market could still provide opportunities for stock selection.Paul Severin, head of re-search Austrian equities at Creditanstalt Investment Bank in Vienna ...
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Poland adopts the Chilean model
The Polish Parliament is expected to pass legislation allowing Chile-style mandatory pension funds to be set up, with contributions in the first year of operation, expected to be 1999, estimated at $3bn.The new funds, in which major domestic and international banks and insurance companies are expected to be shareholders, will ...
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BAT looks to boost global performance
In 1995, the tobacco and financial conglomerate, BAT Industries decided to develop a corporate pensions function,” appointing Simon Dudley - who had worked in a similar role at Unilever - as its pensions and benefits manager. Dudley, recently promoted to head of group personnel, has begun to implement an international ...
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Selection: Lining up for the beauty parade
Advisers involved in fund selection in the UK, Germany and Switzerland agree that there is no single set of criteria and that any process must start by assessing client needs.Ed Wilson, head of investment re-search at HSBC Gibbs in Manchester, explains the process: The first thing we do is take ...
