All articles by Krystyna Krzyzak – Page 8
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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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Country Report
Central & Eastern Europe: Croatia bucks the trend
In contrast with Poland, and despite the poor state of its economy, the EU’s newest member backs second-pillar pensions and is making proactive changes to the system, as Krystyna Krzyzak outlines
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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: 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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NewsNew 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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NewsLithuanian pension funds 'surprised' by contribution increases
Significant number of participants prove willing to make extra second-pillar contributions
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NewsPolish 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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NewsOpposition to Poland's pensions reform wanes as bill nears vote
Government appears to have scrapped imprisonment penalty for OFE advertising
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NewsPolish pensions reform draws more flak from within government
Government Legislation Centre questions constitutionality of second-pillar reform
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NewsRomanian 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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NewsPoland'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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NewsPolish president vows to examine controversial second-pillar bill
Bronisław Komorowski to consider whether bill violates Polish Constitution
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NewsPolish actions embolden second-pillar pension critics in Lithuania
Adviser to prime minister calls for suspension of second-pillar contributions
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News
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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NewsConfusion reigns as Russia shakes up second-pillar system
State ‘temporarily’ seizes non-state pension savings, freezes second-pillar contributions
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NewsBattle to save Polish second-pillar pension system continues
Lobby group accuses government of manipulating facts to demonise industry
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Features
Polish reform bid upsets markets
The government’s proposed reform of its second-pillar system unnerved the markets amid widespread criticism from home and abroad
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News
Slovakia reintroduces tax advantages for third pillar
Government also tightens up procedures for early withdrawals.
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NewsPensionsEurope warns of contagion after Polish raid
POLAND – Other governments might see move as 'tempting option', Matti Leppälä warns.
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NewsPolish government aims to 'shrink' second-pillar pension assets
POLAND – Local pension fund association decries de facto 'nationalisation' of private assets.
