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RTP's pension programme
Towers Perrin and Rauser, a major German retirement benefits consultancy firm, have established Rauser Towers Perrin, a new joint venture company that aims to assist companies across Germany in the implementation and administration of their pension programmes. Based in Reutlingen, the idea to establish the new company comes in the ...
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Kottman Advisory formed
Felix Kottmann, the former member of the executive committee at Swiss consultants Complementa, who left the firm earlier this year, has set up his own consultancy firm. Kottmann Advisory is to provide customised services to a group of international institutional and private clients in Switzerland. Kottmann, who already works on ...
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Pinning hopes on the Spanish
Goodbye Belgium, hello Spain then. After much expectation that the pan-European pensions directive would get a sympathetic hearing during the Belgian presidency – Belgium itself in the midst of introducing occupational pensions law not a million miles from the EC Directive, the disappointment has been that this has not translated ...
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Currency change set to boost stocks
The physical introduction of the euro this month, when households, businesses and retail banks will start using and trading in euro-denominated bank notes and coins, is likely to have a positive effect on Europe’s equity markets, analysts agree “Though it is difficult to say what kind of impact the changeover ...
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Start of manager close down
From being joint top-of-the-class Poland is now the subject of disapproving looks from the headmasters of Brussels. Having taken on an enormous reform of the social security, education and health system in 1999, the new government which came to power in September last year is grappling with macro economic problems ...
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Second pillar needs support
Hungary is gearing up for an election in the spring, and the government is facing a serious challenge from the main opposition party, both on current policy and in the opinion polls. Nevertheless, it is showing determination in pressing ahead with EU accession legislation, including significant reforms of the capital ...
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Consultants face uphill task
Looking back over last year, eastern and central Europe remained something of a black hole for consultancy firms, both multi-national and local. Despite their best efforts the companies have failed to persuade local pension funds of the need for their services. This has meant closures, a scale down in operations, ...
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Consolidation hints abound
In line with most other European exchanges those of eastern and central Europe have suffered a disappointing year. Although traditionally less dependent on hi-tech stocks, nonetheless they caught a cold when the larger western exchanges caught a cold earlier this year. There are, nonetheless, some bright spots with at least ...
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Slovenia on EU track
It now seems the dim and distant past when Slovenia seceded peacefully from the then Yugoslav Republic. Although it really is not that long ago, the small republic has come a long way since. While the world concentrated on the rebuilding of the republics shattered by the Balkan war, Slovenia ...
