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Small scheme that thinks big
Don t be fooled by size. Small can be beautiful. The Robert Bosch scheme is small but it has a big heart and even bigger ambition. It has already notched up a series of firsts: first Pensionsfonds-type scheme to be offered by an industrial group in Germany; the first to ...
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Bosch CFO mulls pan-European pension fund
GERMANY – Gerhard Kümmel, chief financial officer of German auto component maker Robert Bosch, has signalled the firm may create a pan-European pension fund out of its existing German Pensionsfonds.
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Directive to boost German Pensionsfonds - Bosch
GERMANY – Bernhard Wiesner, head of corporate pensions at Robert Bosch, says German multinationals will favour Anglo-Saxon-style Pensionsfonds due to the EU directive on occupational pension funds.
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Bosch outsources pension administration
GERMANY – Industrial group Robert Bosch has outsourced the administration of its German pension schemes, including its Anglo-Saxon style Pensionsfonds, to German consultant Heissmann in one of the biggest mandates of this kind ever.
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Innovation is watchword for scheme that makes most of new legislation
Robert Bosch, a leading German industrial company with 250,000 employees worldwide, of whom 110,000 are in Germany, established its pension scheme, Bosch Pensionsfonds (BPF), in 2002, making full use of legislation in Germany encouraging the creation of funded pension schemes to replace the traditional but somewhat creaking pay-as-you-go and Pensionskassen ...
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ABA meeting: Bosch says keep pensions voluntary
GERMANY - Employers offering attractive pension schemes will have advantages in the labour market but pension schemes should not be compulsory, says Wolfgang Malchow, managing director of industrial group Robert Bosch.
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Cross-border pensions: Barriers to entry
The experience of Bosch shows that a better framework is required for cross-border pensions
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Hines Completes Sale of Stuttgart Office Asset
The 14,822-square-meter office complex has been sold to investment management company Arminius, acting on behalf of German institutional investors, for an undisclosed price, after a competitive sales process managed by Colliers International.
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Ten thousand sign up for new Bosch pension
GERMANY – Ten thousand employees have signed up for the supplementary pension of German engineering company and appliance maker Robert Bosch.
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Hines acquires core-plus asset in Stuttgart on behalf of Hines European Value Fund (HEVF)
Hines has completed the acquisition of Stuttgarter Tor, a complex consisting of three 100-percent-leased office buildings and a fourth vacant obsolete building in Stuttgart, from a private seller.